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He also said that workplaces would have to develop new practices to implement social distancing rules. "As soon as a region meets the prescribed public health and safety metrics, as determined by the Department of Health" the order reads, "They will be eligible for Phase One reopening." The governor says five regions - Central New York, North Country, Finger Lakes, Southern Tier and Mohawk Valley - can begin Phase One of reopening Friday. Cuomo, however, said there will be no civil fines on individuals at this time for people who violate the policy. He also announced that he’s going to issue a moratorium on evictions, both residential and commercial, for 90 days. "None of the Covid-19 test kits recovered had been tested to meet United States safety standards and could pose a risk to anyone using them," the Los Angeles Police Department said in a statement late Wednesday.
On April 29, de Blasio announced that New York City would fully reopen on July 1. By June, the city's overall testing positivity rate had reached its lowest since the pandemic began. Cuomo reopened the entirety of New York state on June 15, two weeks ahead of Mayor Bill de Blasio's planned July 1 reopening. On March 20, the New York State governor's office issued an executive order closing "non-essential" businesses.
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Under the order, prefectural governors asked residents to stay home and for some businesses to temporarily close, but public cooperation was voluntary. Beachgoers play in the surf at the Maryland Avenue beach in Point Pleasant Beach N.J., July 5, 2013. The town, like some shore towns from Maine to Florida, plans to reopen the beach to residents-only to start this summer during the coronavirus outbreak. But on May 1, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy said public beaches must be open to the entire public once they reopen.
"Everyone has personal liberty. But everyone has a responsibility to everyone else." New Yorkers over the age of 70 or anyone with underlying health conditions or a compromised immune system face the strictest rules. Each region must be able to conduct 30 diagnostic tests for every 1,000 residents per month.
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The Governor called on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to approve private testing and also approve automated testing. A number of schools and school districts announced closings or schedule modifications by March 8 due to the virus. On December 31, 2019, China reported a cluster of pneumonia cases in its city of Wuhan. On January 7, 2020, the Chinese health authorities confirmed that this cluster was caused by a novel infectious coronavirus. On January 8, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued an official health advisory via its Health Alert Network and established an Incident Management Structure to coordinate domestic and international public health actions. On January 10 and 11, the World Health Organization warned about a strong possibility of human-to-human transmission and urged precautions.
The New York City healthcare system continued to experience major shortages with its COVID-19 testing capacity. On April 11, 2020, the city's Department of Health and Mental Hygiene warned that the city's hospitals were close to running out of cotton swabs used for COVID-19 testing. The same alert reminded healthcare providers that only those patients admitted for hospitalization should be given COVID-19 tests. As of January 31, 2021, 48% of people receiving vaccine doses were reported as white, compared with 11%, 15%, and 15% of Black, Asian, and Latinx individuals respectively, though 40% of vaccine recipients at the time had not had demographic data collected. Many Black New Yorkers cited fear and suspicion of the government entities advocating vaccination.
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On March 13, de Blasio stated that he would keep the schools open, citing the need for school meal programs and child care to continue. On March 15, all schools in the New York City Department of Education system closed until at least mid-April. On March 14, before the statewide stay-at-home order (also known as the "New York State on PAUSE" executive order) was put in place, all New York Public Library branches in the Bronx, Manhattan, and Staten Island were temporarily closed. Theaters, concert venues, and nightclubs in NYC have been shut down since March 17, and restaurants were restricted to take-out and delivery only. By April 6, New York City had nearly 25% of the total deaths from COVID-19 in the U.S.
Nursing homes have had high fatality rates, accounting for at least 2,056 deaths in the city as of April 20, 2020. New York State Health Commissioner Howard Zucker stated that the policy was for nursing home residents who tested positive to be returned from hospitals back to their nursing homes. Many residents expressed reluctance to go back on the city's transit system, citing crime rates.
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In addition, gatherings of any size are banned and all nonessential travel is strongly advised against. Bars and restaurants shuttered throughout the city and are only permitted to offer takeout or delivery services. Email to reach a Patch reporter or fill out this anonymous form to share your coronavirus stories. Mayor Bill de Blasio said he approved of Cuomo's decision not to extend reopening to New York City, which once again saw stagnating progress in its indicators tracking progress against the virus. To keep up to date with coronavirus developments in NYC, sign up for Patch's news alerts and newsletter.
All patrons must get tested and events must be approved by the health department. On September 26, the state recorded more than 1,000 daily COVID-19 cases, which marked the first time since June 5 that the state had seen a number that high. The increase was attributed to several neighborhoods in Brooklyn, in conjunction with the Rockland County communities of Spring Valley and Monsey along with Palm Tree in neighboring Orange County; all those areas have high Orthodox Jewish populations. Positive test rates for the virus in some of those locations were as high as 30 percent while rates statewide otherwise remained below 1 percent.
There are at least 4,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus in New York City and 26 deaths, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said Friday morning. The move comes as the country’s largest city grapples with a spike in coronavirus cases and deaths. New York is home to the county’s largest, and oldest, transportation system of subway trains and buses – the MTA in New York City. According to the order, mass transit will stay operational, but residents are strongly discouraged from using public transit unless it’s absolutely necessary. However, Cuomo insisted the state does not plan to fine individuals who violate the regulations.
The governor also directed the state Department of Labor to make $600 extra available in unemployment benefits to New Yorkers. The federal CARES Act had authorized federal funds for the states to supplement their unemployment benefits, but they had not been disbursed to the states yet, and Cuomo wanted New Yorkers to have that money as soon as possible. Due to delays in reporting, historical counts may be subject to change and recent data may be incomplete. An excess mortality analysis found more than double as many deaths as expected in New York City between March 4 and April 4, 2020. Between March 11, 2020, and May 2, 2020, there were 32,107 deaths in the city; based on past data, this number was higher than expected by 24,172.
Restaurants and bars in the orange zone were forced to outdoor dining only until it was ruled unconstitutional on January 13, 2021. On August 7, Cuomo said schools can open in the fall if they publicly disclose plans to address remote learning, testing of virus, and tracing procedures. Of the state's 749 school districts, 127 had not submitted plans, and 50 have submitted incomplete or deficient ones to the Department of Health. School districts must have submitted plans for in-person learning by August 14 in order to open in person at all in the fall. On March 22, Trump announced that he had directed the Federal Emergency Management Agency to provide four large federal medical stations with 1,000 beds for New York.
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