Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York on Thursday slammed President Donald Trump's response to the coronavirus, calling the pandemic in the United States a "virus of divided America and federal incompetence." "It's going to be an incompetent double-barreled shotgun," Cuomo told reporters at a news conference in Albany. "Do you know what's worse than Covid? The virus of American division and federal incompetence. This is a virus that is wreaking havoc in the country." Cuomo pointed to a recent CDC report as proof of one of his long-held assertions: that the coronavirus came to New York, was once the epicenter of a global outbreak, and came primarily from Europe rather than China. The report looked at 544 specimens collected by the New York City Department of Health and Mental Health in March and found that 6.6 percent of the specimens tested positive for Covid-19. The CDC identified most of the CoviD-19 positive samples by genetic sequencing, similar to those in circulation in Europe, and "recommended possible introduction of SARS-CoV-2 from Europe, other parts of the United States, and locally from within New York." "By the time the president issued the travel ban to China, it was too late because the virus had already left China and entered Europe," Cuomo said. "By the time they went to the European travel ban on March 13, it was too late. The virus is in New York; He's been in New York for a few weeks." Cuomo said that between February 6 and March 16, the period when authorities believe the virus came from Europe and was transmitted through New York, more than 2,700 flights from Europe landed at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City and nearly 1,200 landed at Newark Liberty International Airport. "This is a fiasco on behalf of the federal government, because this is their job," he said. "The public health system in this country is monitored by the federal government. It is run by the federal government. Their job is to watch for possible global pandemics." New York City is scheduled to begin the fourth phase of its reopening on Monday, which will allow shopping centers and cultural institutions to reopen, but indoor operations will remain closed. At a news conference earlier on Thursday, Mr. Cuomo said he would tighten the rules as the state prepares for a second wave of coronavirus infections from states in the West and South with explosive outbreaks. "They failed," Cuomo said. They failed. The virus reached New York and Americans died because of government failure." "They're still failing. They're still not following the science."