China News Service, April 16 (Xinhua) According to foreign media reports, the New Coronary Pneumonia epidemic in New York State stabilized, but the number of new deaths in a single day still reached 752. In order to prevent the epidemic from recovering, Governor Como announced on the 15th local time that it will require people to wear masks or cover their noses and noses in public places where they cannot maintain social distance.
Nearly two weeks ago, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revised the new coronary pneumonia disease prevention policy, recommending that people cover their mouths and noses with cloth in public places where it is difficult to maintain social distance. The New York City government also recommends that people do this to reduce the risk of asymptomatic people transmitting the virus to others.
On April 12, local time, two citizens wearing masks walked past the American flag light box in Times Square, New York. China News Agency reporter Liao Panshe
Although the above epidemic prevention policy is not mandatory, compared with a month ago, the number of New Yorkers who have gone out wearing masks has increased significantly.
Como announced that it will issue an executive order requiring New York State people to wear masks or cover their nose and mouth in public places such as subways, buses or downtown streets that cannot maintain a social distance of 6 feet (about 1.8 meters). It is expected to start on the 18th Implementation. Violators may be fined, but for the time being, they will not drive passengers off public transportation on the grounds of not covering their mouths and noses.
According to real-time statistics from Johns Hopkins University, as of 7:04 on the 16th, Beijing time, New York State ’s confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia reached 214,454, and the cumulative deaths reached 11,617.
Como pointed out that public health should be put first in the transition period to the "new normal", so the economy that was almost shut down due to epidemic prevention can only be restarted in stages, and virus, antibody detection and contact tracking are implemented on a large scale. The 50 states and the federal government of the United States must cooperate to expand the test volume with private companies.