Buffalo, NY (WBEN) While statewide COVID19 infection rates are lower, Governor Cuomo is keeping tabs on WNY.
"We still have a caution flag for Western New York which is at 1.4 percent today. It's better than it was but not where it should be so we're focusing on Western New York and we'll continue to do that," says Governor Cuomo. It was 2.3 percent over the weekend.
Cuomo also had a bone to pick with the Trump administration and the CDC over changes in testing guidance. "The CDC on Monday changed the guidance to say if you have been in close contact with a person who was infected with COVID, you do not need to get a test. Okay? This reversed their previous guidance, which was if you were in close contact with a COVID-positive person, you needed to get a test. They reversed their own guidance: if you are in close contact with a person, you don't need to get a test," says Cuomo.