Possible partial recovery in New York State after May 15 | COVID-19 | News | The sun

IThe nevertheless specified that this recovery should take place, initially, in the northern part of the State, and not in the city of New York. “The south of [l’État de] New York ”, where the economic capital of the country is located,“ will be a little more complicated, ”said Andrew Cuomo.

Coordination work is indeed necessary upstream with the areas bordering the city, where many people live who usually work in New York, he said. May 15 is the date until which the governor has, for the moment, extended the containment measures.

The restart of certain manufacturing and construction activities is the first phase of the recovery plan. A minimum of two weeks is expected before starting the second phase, which includes the reopening of other businesses or offices, to ensure that the first phase has not caused a resurgence of the pandemic. The governor made it clear that this reopening was conditional on a further decline in hospitalizations by May 15.

Before being able to reopen offices or a business, a company will have to present to health authorities a plan to prevent the risks of transmission of the virus. The governor indicated that a large-scale exit from confinement can only be done with the reopening of schools, to allow parents to go to work.

While state schools are currently closed, no final state decision has been made on whether to reopen, although New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has announced. cancellation of the end of the school year. Many schools are currently studying the possibility of remaining open during the summer, revealed the governor, “to make up for some lost time”.

1,330 deaths in 24 hours in the United States

New York State has recorded 367 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, the lowest total since March 30 (332). The coronavirus pandemic has killed 16,966 people in New York State to date.

Nationally, the United States has recorded an additional 1,330 deaths from the coronavirus in the past 24 hours, according to the count released Sunday night by Johns Hopkins University. The country now has 54,841 deaths, with 964,937 cases of confirmed infections. The United States is by far the country most affected by the pandemic, both in number of infections and in deaths.

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