As New York City mourns the first death caused by coronavirus (COVID19), Brooklyn Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke is urging nationals to practice recommended precautions by health care experts and professionals. “Now more than ever, it is important that our community practices the recommended precautions instructed by health care experts and professionals,” said Clarke, the daughter of Jamaican immigrants, said on Saturday. “COVID19 is a respiratory disease that can spread person to person.