(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) Governor of New York: Downgrades the level of epidemic prevention in parts of New York City

  China News Service, New York, October 21. New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo announced on the 21st that in view of the recent decline in the positive rate of new crown virus testing in parts of Brooklyn and Queens, New York City, he decided to lower the level of epidemic prevention and control in these areas. .

  Since the end of September, there has been a significant increase in the positive rate of COVID-19 in a few areas of New York State, including Brooklyn and Queens.

On the 6th of this month, Cuomo announced that based on the positive rate and other data, a number of red, orange, and yellow areas for epidemic prevention and control have been established in Brooklyn, Queens, Orange County, New York, and Rockland County. The level of epidemic prevention measures is the highest in the red zone and the lowest in the yellow zone.

  On the 21st, Como said at a press conference in Albany, the capital of New York State, that through comprehensive research and judgment on data over the past period of time, the epidemic prevention red zone and the original yellow zone in Brooklyn, New York City remain unchanged, and the orange zone is downgraded to the yellow zone. ; The red zone and orange zone in Queens are all downgraded to yellow zone, but the original yellow zone is slightly expanded.

The red and yellow zones in Orange County and Rockland County remain unchanged.

  According to New York State regulations, in principle, the positive rate of virus detection in an area is less than 3% for 10 consecutive days, which can be reduced from the red zone to the orange zone; if it is less than 2% for 10 consecutive days, it can be reduced from the orange zone to the yellow zone; If the day is less than 1.5%, the yellow zone can be revoked.

At the same time, the state government will also comprehensively consider factors such as the number of local hospitalizations and the implementation of local government's epidemic prevention measures to make a final decision.

  Nearly 125,000 people in New York State were tested for the virus on the 20th, and 2026 people tested positive, with a positive rate of about 1.62%.

Cuomo said that in recent days, the positive rate in some areas at the border between New York State and Pennsylvania has been on the rise. The state government is closely monitoring data from various regions in the state to respond in a timely manner.

  As Halloween is approaching, New York Mayor Bai Sihao said on the 21st that children in this city can engage in the traditional "trouble with no candy" activities, but they must abide by the official guidelines for Halloween activities.

Guidelines include: prohibit indoor gatherings or gatherings; minimize the number of people who are active together; maintain social distancing during activities; put candies in containers for children to take, and avoid direct physical contact.

Bai Sihao also reminded parents to help their children to wear masks correctly, especially not to use certain Halloween costume masks instead of masks.

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