Cuomo hits back at Trump about NY's need for ventilators to treat coronavirus patients

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo slams President Donald Trump for claiming that the state is exaggerating its need for resources to fight the coronavirus outbreak.

"Everybody's entitled to their own opinion, but I don't operate here on opinion, I operate on facts," said Cuomo when asked about U.S President Donald Trump's claim.

Trump questioned in an interview on the Fox News network whether New York state needed 30,000 ventilators to cope with rising numbers of coronavirus patients, as Cuomo had said.

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