During the coronavirus pandemic , U.S President Donald Trump advised the governor of Washington Jay Inslee to avoid relying on the federal government , while the latter argued that the President should design a plan to produce medical supplies domestically .
On March 24 , the Governor of New York , Andrew Cuomo , declared that the state of New York would need 30,000 ventilators to handle the peak of the outbreak in the state , which was predicted to arrive in two weeks .
2020 coronavirus pandemic in the United States