Restriction on going out in NY, USA Extension until next month 15 Careful decision to resume economic activity April 17, 7:04
Governor Cuomo of New York State, where the spread of the new coronavirus is the most serious in the United States, revealed that the citizen's going out restriction, which had been until 29th of this month, will be extended to 15th of next month, and the resumption of economic activities will be carefully judged Clarified the attitude to do.
Governor Cuomo of New York states at a news conference yesterday that the number of hospitalized patients and those being treated in intensive care units continues to decline, while the number of people who died is 606 since the previous day. Announced that the number of people has increased.
In addition, I introduced the number showing how many people an infected person transmitted the virus, and it is 0.9 in New York state, and if this number exceeds 1, the number of inpatients will increase and this number will be further increased. I appealed that I needed to lower it.
On top of that, I announced the policy to extend the out-of-going restrictions that had been up until the 29th of this month until the 15th of next month.
Governor Kuomo stated that he will make decisions based on science and data, not politics or sentiment, and made it clear that he will make a cautious decision on relaxing restrictions and resuming economic activity.
Among them, regarding the resumption of economic activities in the future, we have indicated that we will carry out work in stages, starting from jobs that are indispensable for the maintenance of society and those that have less contact with people and have a lower risk of infection.
He explained that the mandatory use of masks in public places from the night of the 17th will be applicable to places where people can not keep a distance of more than 1.8 meters, such as buses, trains, and car dispatch services.