A positive sign. New York State, the epicenter of the epidemic in the United States, recorded a “downward” curve for the first time, Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Sunday (April 19). by calling not to relax containment measures.
“All indications are that we are in a downward phase,” announced the governor during his daily press briefing on the epidemic, nevertheless calling for caution. “The continuation of this decline will depend on what we do,” said Andrew Cuomo, who recently extended the containment measures until May 15.
The governor does not hesitate to warn the population. “We need to stay smart and coordinated“,” not to compromise “the progress made, he insisted, as protests have multiplied across the United States to demand the end of containment measures and the revival of economic activities.
New York State of some 20 million people has already recorded nearly 236,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus, nearly a third of all American cases, and more than 13,000 deaths, according to the latest figures available. In the last 24 hours, the state still deplored 507 dead. This figure is nevertheless lowest since April 2. On April 9, a daily death record was reached with 799 dead.
States are organizing to organize deconfinement
Andrew Cuomo also announced massive serology tests across the state next week, to determine “exactly how many people have been infected with the virus.” This will determine the deconfinement strategy to adopt, which the governor has declared coordinate with five other northeastern states from the United States: New Jersey, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Rhode Island.
In a message that seemed to implicitly target President Donald Trump, accused of stirring up opposition to containment measures, Andrew Cuomo stressed the importance of leaders “sending the right message”. “Now is not the time to send different messages,” he said. “If people don’t trust their government, if they think it’s chaos, or confusion in our policies, that would be a terrible message to send.”
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