“Go look at other countries that went through exactly this, started to reopen, and then they saw the infection rate go back up again.”
Andrew Cuomo
Governor of New York. in a press conference. Claim dated 14 Apr 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisTrue
What PolitiFact found
In some countries, cases of Covid-19 increased after relaxing social distancing measures or welcoming inbound travelers.
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In short
Andrew Cuomo (Governor of New York) made this claim around 14 April 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 20 April 2020, 6 days later. Its rating was “True”.
Andrew Cuomo has 8 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 0 of them false or fake, 5 misleading or mixed and 2 true.
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