The resurrection of the New York vaccine brings the city to life

In New York, where the spread of the new coronavirus was the most serious in the United States, the city is regaining its vitality as the movement to resume economic activities is in full swing due to the spread of vaccines.

"We are ready to completely restore New York City on July 1st. We can see the light at the end of the tunnel," New York City Mayor De Blasio said at a press conference last month.

In response, New York Governor Kuomo said, "If you do what you need, there could be an earlier resumption."

Movie theaters and restaurants No longer limit the number of seats

In New York, the movement to restart is in full swing with the spread of vaccines and the decrease in infected people, and from 19th this month, the number of seats in restaurants, retail stores, beauty salons, movie theaters, etc. will not be restricted in principle, and it will be a tourist attraction The well-known Times Square is also experiencing increased traffic and traffic.

Tourists from all over the United States have come to be seen, and a woman from Midwestern Michigan said, "I'm planning to go to the museum to see the Statue of Liberty."

In a park in central Manhattan, an event to enjoy performances by professional musicians began on the 3rd of this month, and a local man who was visiting said, "I am very impressed to be able to enjoy such an event." ..

In the entertainment industry, which is one of the attractions of New York, it is said that it is the most difficult to resume Broadway musicals, and although the performance has been suspended since March last year, it has been decided that it will be resumed from mid-September.

Actor Lo Hartlanf said, "I was depressed because I was able to perform only nine times last year, but now I am very excited about the resumption. I want to show my best performance."

Lockdown at one point ... Vaccination for tourists

It was March last year that the spread of the new coronavirus became more serious in New York.

More than 1,700 infected people are confirmed daily in New York City, and on March 22, we embarked on a so-called lockdown that severely restricts economic activity.

This measure banned employees and employees from going to work except for some jobs such as police and medical personnel, and required residents to refrain from going out and stay at home.

However, the spread of the infection became more serious, and facilities for large-scale events were renovated as temporary hospitals to accommodate the increasing number of infected people, and tents were set up in Central Park to accommodate patients.

In April, 799 people died a day in New York.

After that, the peak of the spread of infection has passed and economic activity will be resumed in stages, partly due to the spread of wearing masks and "social distanceing" that keeps people at a certain distance.

However, in January, the spread of the infection became more serious, and the number of infected people confirmed on the 1st in New York City was 7,991, the highest number ever, including suspicions.

In response to this, thorough infection prevention measures have been taken again, and the number of infected people has begun to gradually decrease as vaccination begins, and recently the number of infected people in the city is around 1000 per day.

New York City has a population of about 8.4 million, but to date, 935,000 people have been infected and about 32,000 have died.

Mayor Debrasio has announced plans to provide vaccination opportunities for tourists to bring back the significantly reduced number of tourists, and if the state approves, set up mobile vaccination facilities in tourist destinations such as Times Square. It means using the Johnson End Johnson vaccine, which is completed with a single vaccination.

Vaccination is 40% of the population and up to 150,000 yen

Behind the accelerating economic recovery and clear goals for normalizing economic activity in the United States are the spread of vaccines and large-scale economic measures.

As for economic measures, up to 150,000 yen per person was paid in cash after the inauguration of the Biden administration.

As a result, consumer confidence has been stimulated, with retail sales in March recording a significant 9.8% increase over the previous month.

In addition, as vaccination progressed, the movement of people such as domestic travel became active, and on Sunday, the 2nd of this month, the number of people using airports in the United States rose to 1.62 million.

This is the highest number since March 12, last year, the day before the state of emergency was declared in the United States.

Furthermore, in order to support the small and medium-sized restaurant business, the Biden administration has started measures of 3 trillion yen in Japanese yen from this month so that it can be used for employee salary payment and rent subsidy, for New York, which has thousands of restaurants. It is expected to be a great support.

It has been pointed out that the pace of vaccination has slowed, but as of the 7th of this month, there are about 109 million people over the age of 18 who have completed vaccination in the United States, and the vaccination rate is 42.6%. Is almost the same level as 42%.