From the DM article (n.b. - it is a DM article, and they have a documented history of misstating quotes and making up ‘stuff):
“Truck driver Josh Rickards, who owns a fleet of three tractor-trailers, told Yahoo Finance that the drivers who lease under his authority can’t be convinced to take a job that requires them to travel to New York City, the epicenter of the outbreak.
‘I mean, no one really wants to go there. Everyone’s afraid of going there and being in a position where they actually contract the virus themselves,’ Rickards said.”
Just food for thought - there will be brave truckers that will go to NYC. Between increased pay, PPE and careful behavior, there will be brave truckers that will go.
If our gov did not dilly dally all the time, they would be testing every truck driver right now for anti bodies.