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The Mayor of the American City of New York, Bill de Blasiodeclared this Thursday the state of emergency due to coronavirus, which has left so far 35 dead and about a thousand infected, and has warned that the health crisis could “easily”Last about six months.
“The last 24 hours have been very, very sobering”, Asserted the mayor during a press conference. “Yesterday morning seems like a long time ago. We have a lot of information and it is changing. Last night it seemed that the world had turned upside down in just a few hours, “he said.
As he has stated, large venues such as the Barclays Center and Madison Square Garden could stay closed for months to contain the outbreak, according to information from the local chain CNBC.
The declaration of the state of emergency allows the city to establish curfews, suspend public transportation, close public spaces, ration goods, impose price restrictions or prohibit the sale of alcohol.
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The town currently has 95 confirmed cases of COVID-19, of which 42 have been registered in the last 24 hours. More than 1,780 people are under voluntary quarantine and another 29 have been placed in mandatory isolation. The number of confirmed cases is expected to reach 1,000 next week.
“I do not think that for those of us who have always worked in the public sphere there has been a similar situation in which we constantly receive new information and we have to make continuous readjustments,” said De Blasio.
Thus, it authorized 10 percent of the city’s workforce, some 35,000 people, to work from home “in the short term.” Another 20 percent of city workers will continue to work in such a “staggered” fashion.
Shortly before, the governor of the New York state, Andrew Cuomo, banned the crowds of 500 people throughout the state “for now.”
(With information from Europa Press)
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