More than 70% of adults in New York State have received at least one dose of the coronavirus vaccine, allowing the lifting of the last restrictionsGovernor Andrew Cuomo announced on Tuesday. “This is the national objective and we reached it before the hour (…). It means we can come back to life as we know it, ”Cuomo said, announcing that all state restrictions on business or social life were lifted. No more masks for people vaccinated in most public places, as well as capacity limitations for restaurants and other establishments.
New York is the first large American state to announce that it has crossed the threshold that President Joe Biden has set himself the objective of having reached by the American national holiday of July 4. The state of nearly 20 million inhabitants was at the epicenter of the epidemic in the spring of 2020, with more than 42,000 deaths including 33,000 in New York itself. The city and the state as a whole have been extremely cautious of the virus, lifting the restrictions only very gradually. To celebrate the event, several iconic buildings and places of the state were illuminated Tuesday evening in blue and gold, such as the Empire State Building or Niagara Falls, with fireworks in New York Harbor and at above the falls. The day before, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio had already announced another form of celebration, with a large parade to honor essential workers on July 7 on Broadway.
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