The total lifting of restrictions to reopen the economy may take months in New York State, the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic in the United States, Governor Andrew Cuomo warned on Tuesday.
“We are talking here not in terms of weeks but of months“With a view to a complete reopening of the economy and a return to normalcy, Mr. Cuomo said on CNN news channel, after announcing a”coordinated plan”With the governors of states neighboring New York for a gradual lifting of social distancing measures.
“We will first start by expanding the list of essential services“, Explained the governor, referring to the businesses and services that are kept open during the pandemic, such as supermarkets, pharmacies and restaurants offering take-out or home delivery menus.
He also insisted on the importance of testing for the disease to make the reopening process successful. “Large-scale screening will be key”For the success of this operation, he said.
However, the governor of New York did not want to decide on a specific date or timetable for a total opening of the local economy. “No one knows exactly when we will get through this. Everything will depend on the evolution of the pandemic“, He insisted.
On Monday, Andrew Cuomo had reported a “stabilisation”The rate of hospitalization linked to the disease over the past few days in New York State, before mentioning a possible gradual lifting of social distancing measures and its corollary of closing services and businesses deemed non-essential.
During a virtual press conference with his counterparts from the states of New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Rhode Island, the governor of New York detailed the contours of the regional plan to open the economy, noting that it will be a game ofdelicate balance”In the sense that such an undertaking has never been done before given the scale of the pandemic and the uncertainties it implies.
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