FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Media Contact: Kristia Winter
718-629-2900 / KWinter@council.nyc.gov

NEW YORK, NY — Council Member Farah N. Louis (D-Brooklyn) issued the following statement after a student at Brooklyn College tested positive for coronavirus COVID-19.

STATEMENT BY COUNCIL MEMBER LOUIS

“On Thursday evening, a member of the Brooklyn College community tested positive for the coronavirus (COVID-19).

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Dear Neighbor,

Yesterday, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the Coronavirus (COVID-19) as a global pandemic. As of this morning, there were more than 60 confirmed cases in the city and over 200 statewide.

If you recently returned to New York from China, Iran, South Korea, Italy or Japan and you do not have symptoms, the Health Department requires that you home self-monitor. 

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