The governor of New York State cracked down on public gatherings more severely Wednesday as the coronavirus health crisis rages, calling residents “selfish” for their refusal to remain confined to their homes.
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Andrew Cuomo has called on New York City Police to enforce social distancing rules more strictly as the state’s death toll nears the 2,000 threshold. “Young people must hear this message, they still have not understood, we always see too many situations with too much density involving young peopleHe said at a press briefing after deciding to close all playing fields in New York City in an attempt to curb the spread of the coronavirus.
According to a Reuters count, more than 4,700 people have died from Covid-19 in the United States and more than 212,000 confirmed cases of contamination have been reported. US health authorities have said they expect the toll of the pandemic to exceed the threshold of 100,000 deaths, and could reach 240,000 deaths, in the coming months despite the containment measures.
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Donald Trump said Wednesday during a press briefing that he did not rule out banning certain domestic air links to the cities of the country most affected by the virus, which could concern New York, New Orleans and Detroit.
So far, 38 US states as well as the District of Columbia, where the capital Washington is located, have already called on residents to confine themselves and leave their homes only in emergencies – measures that affect some 260 million people , or 80% of the population of the United States.
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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio told a press conference that the city is making deals with hotels to get 65,000 beds for patients by the end of the month. He said he had already obtained some 10,000 beds in about twenty hotels, whose attendance has fallen sharply while the pandemic has caused massive postponements of travel.
While New York remains the epicenter of the coronavirus in the country, other states have reported a spike in cases of contamination, including California, Michigan and Florida. California Governor Gavin Newsom has warned that the state could find itself within six weeks of a shortage of beds in intensive care units equipped with ventilators.
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