New York and New Jersey port authority executive director tests positive for coronavirus

Executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Rick Cotton, has tested positive for the coronavirus.

Currently Cotton, who is in his mid-70s, is asymptomatic and has self-quarantined at his home while still maintaining a full schedule, the port authority has stated.

Speaking at a press conference, New York governor Andrew Cuomo said: “He has been at the airports, obviously, when many people were coming back with the virus.”