non-essential businesses soon to be closed in New York

The spread of Covid-19 has resumed sharply in some areas of New York. As a result, non-essential businesses will have to close for at least two weeks, by this Friday at the latest. in several areas of Brooklyn and QueensNew York State Governor Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday, October 6. Restrictions, in addition to the closure of schools.

Other measures taken, synagogues and other places of worship will have to drastically reduce their number of worshipers in these neighborhoods, he said. “Places of worship are the main places where important gatherings are held“, pointed out Andrew Cuomo.” I know the subject is sensitive, but it is the truth, “he added, while some see in these restrictions discrimination against the Jewish community.

The governor decided to impose a limit of 10 people to places of worship located in the “red” zone, in the heart of these districts which have many synagogues and a limit of 25 people for less heavily affected districts, in so-called “orange” zones around the red zones. It is in these areas that the rate of COVID-19 positivity has increased sharply in recent weeks.

Resumption of the epidemic since September

After being hit hard by the virus in the spring and deplored nearly 24,000 dead, New York City managed for weeks to keep the spread of the virus low. But since September, the positivity rate started to rise, to approach 9% in some neighborhoods.