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New York will end this Thursday the state of emergency more than a year after its imposition by the covid-19 pandemic due to the improvement in the epidemiological situation and the progress in vaccination of the population.
“We are beginning to write a new episode for a post-covid New York, the state of emergency due to disaster is ending and we can focus on reimagining, rebuilding and renewing our state,” Governor Andrew Cuomo announced today at a press conference.
Cuomo ordered a state of emergency in March 2020, when the region became the epicenter of the pandemic, which gave him extraordinary powers to decide on activity closures, health system regulations and facilitate the arrival of aid funds. .
“New York has gone from having one of the worst infection rates to the lowest infection rate in the country and it has all been thanks to the efforts of New Yorkers who were strong, came together and did what was necessary throughout the entire pandemic,” explained the Democratic leader.
At the beginning of the month, Cuomo already lifted most of the restrictions to contain contagions, especially capacity, cleanliness and distance within the establishments, upon meeting the goal of 70 percent of the adult population with at least one dose of the anticovid vaccines.
Cuomo said today that will not renew the state of emergency, which expires this Thursday, and offered infection figures that show a downward trend for more than two months, with an average weekly positivity rate -positive on tests- of 0.36%.
In the state, according to the official count, almost 43,000 people have died from the coronavirus, but the death toll has fallen significantly and in the last day only six people have perished.
This evolution coincides with the high implementation of vaccines, since according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 52 percent of New Yorkers of all ages have completed their regimen, and 71 percent of adults has at least one dose on
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