New York City has sufficient personal protective equipment for the first time since March

　　(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) New York City has sufficient personal protective equipment for the first time since March

　　China News Service, New York, May 4th: New York City Mayor Bai Sihao said at a press conference on the 4th that New York City has entered a "week with sufficient protective equipment" for the first time since March.

　　Due to the outbreak of the New Coronary Pneumonia epidemic, New York City encountered a shortage of medical protective equipment in late March and early April. Bai Sihao authorized the New York Police Department and the Fire Department to help collect relevant medical supplies.

　　Bai Sihao said that New York City will provide protective equipment for nursing homes this week, including 1.93 million medical masks, 170,000 face masks, 677,000 pairs of gloves and 173,000 sets of protective clothing, etc .; 7.5 million facial masks will be distributed to the public free of charge. He said that New York City's next goal is to reserve enough protective equipment for 90 days.

　　In terms of epidemic data, New York City added 88 people on the 2nd, a decrease of 25 from the 1st; the number of intensive care persons was 632, a decrease of 13 from the 1st; the positive rate of the new coronavirus test was 17%, a decrease of 3% from the 1st.

　　New York State Governor Andrew Como said at a press conference in Rochester that as of the 3rd, the total number of New York State hospitalizations has been less than 10,000 for two consecutive days; the number of patients with new coronary pneumonia newly added to hospital treatment has been less than 800 for two consecutive days ; Newly added 226 deaths from New Coronary Pneumonia, less than 300 for four consecutive days.

　　According to data from Johns Hopkins University, New York State currently has more than 316,000 new coronavirus infections and more than 24,700 deaths.

　　Como said that the number of infected people, medical capacity, detection capabilities and the ability to track infected people are the core elements that determine whether they can "restart." He said that in terms of the number of infections, according to the guidance of the US Centers for Disease Control, the following conditions must be met for a region to "restart": the three-day average of the total number of hospitalizations and deaths must decline for 14 consecutive days; the area with fewer infections, the daily The three-day average of the total number of newly added hospitalizations and deaths should be less than 15 and 5 respectively; the number of newly diagnosed cases per 100,000 people should be less than 2 in a single day. For medical capacity, hospitals in a region should ensure that at least 30% of beds and ICUs are available, and store protective equipment for at least 90 days. There should be 30 tests per 1,000 inhabitants per month; there should be at least 30 infection investigators for every 100,000 inhabitants, and the number should be increased according to the epidemic situation.

　　Como said that planning a "restart" must weigh the risk of infection from the economic impact. The first phase of New York State's "restart" includes construction, manufacturing, and necessities supply chain-related companies; the second phase includes finance, insurance, retail, and real estate services; the third phase is catering, hotels, and other industries; cultural and entertainment Industries are in the fourth stage. The start-up enterprise must do virus protection measures according to the actual situation.

　　New York State began implementing a home-based epidemic prevention policy on March 22, and closed all non-critical business premises until May 15. (Finish)