Travelers From New York City br Reportedly Caused Second br Coronavirus Wave The city’s outbreak grew large br in early March before strict social br distancing was implemented. The spread worsened as New York’s br political leaders waited to take br aggressive action in March, even br after identifying hundreds of cases. Research has shown that travel br from New York fueled waves of br infection in Louisiana, Texas, br Arizona and the West Coast. Epidemiologist Nathan Grubaugh, via ‘NY Times’ The city joins Wuhan, China, and br Milan, Italy, as densely populated br hubs that contributed to the br global spread of COVID-19. Travel from Seattle has also been br noted as seeding infections in br more than a dozen states.