:quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/elfinanciero/NM2YZDSB5NGSXFVGIA4YJCNVPU.jpg "Face masks return to closed spaces in New York due to a rebound in COVID-19 – El Financiero")
New York.— The authorities of New York They asked the population on Monday to wear a mask again in all public indoor places and announced that they will distribute millions of home tests to try to contain the rebound in COVID-19 cases that is being registered in the city.
The recent rise in infections has put the Big Apple on the verge of entering a high alert level, which is declared when certain levels of hospitalization are exceeded and a certain proportion of beds occupied by patients with COVID-19 is reached.
This month, cases in the city have risen again stronglyreaching just over 300 per 100,000 inhabitants in seven days, according to the latest official data, which also shows a clear increase in hospital admissions, a situation that is even worse in other areas of the state of New York.
In response, local authorities on Monday recommended the use of masks in all public indoor places, including shops, offices, building entrances, elevators and, in general, any other site where space is shared with strangers.
The subway and the rest of the New York public transport system, meanwhile, continue to require all passengers to wear a mask.
In addition, the New York City Council announced that it will distribute another 16.5 million home tests and one million quality masks.
“Home tests and masks offer New Yorkers reliable and convenient ways to protect themselves and others and allow them to enjoy our city,” Mayor Eric Adams said in a statement.
New York was at the beginning of the pandemic one of the world epicenters of COVID-19 and the city already accumulates more than 40 thousand deaths from the diseaseaccording to official data.
US reaches 1 million COVID deaths
This Monday, las COVID-19 deaths in the United States reached the millionannounced the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The tragic figure represents an attack of the magnitude of those of September 11 every day for 336 days. It is roughly equivalent to the sum of all the deaths suffered by the country in the Civil War and World War II, or the complete extermination of the populations of Boston and Pittsburgh.
“It is difficult to imagine a million people missing from Earth”said Jennifer Nuzzo, director of a center for pandemic studies at the Brown University School of Public Health in Providence, Rhode Island.
“This is something that continues to develop, and we are allowing it to continue to develop,” he added.
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