Mayor Adams vows to replace administration’s color-coded coronavirus alert system
Mayor Adams has vowed Thursday to replace his administration’s color-coded coronavirus alert system with a set of “new weapons” in the face of yet another wave of COVID cases descending upon New York City.
Speaking at Brooklyn’s Maimonides Hospital, a COVID-19 epicenter in the early days of the pandemic, Adams said the color-coded system is not effective against the city’s current surge in infections.
“The color-coded system was fighting an old war,” said Adams, who was flanked by nurses and doctors from the hospital.
“So we’re not going to hold on to something that’s an old weapon, merely because we have it. No, we’re going to create new weapons to fight this new war.”
Adams did not elaborate on what shape the “new weapons” will take or how soon to expect them. But he said he plans on “bringing in experts from all across the globe” to help devise them.
“Our goal is to make sure that what we put in place is going to stem the infections, keep down hospitalizations and most important keep down those who are dying,” he said.
