De Blasio Announces New York Quarantine Ease: Cuomo Against

As of May 29, 90% of New York State (9 out of 10 regions) have already begun to ease quarantine restrictions. Only the city of New York itself remains completely closed.

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State Governor Andrew Cuomo announced a system of seven indicators that decide on the transition of areas of New York to the gradual lifting of quarantine:

• A decrease in the number of hospital admissions due to coronavirus within 14 days or less than 15 new hospital admissions per day over a three-day period.
• Reduced mortality from COVID-19 within 14 days or less than five deaths on average per day over a three-day period.
• The frequency of new hospitalizations is below 2 per 100 inhabitants (average for 000 days).
• At least 30% of the total number of hospital beds in the region will not be occupied.
• At least 30% of hospital beds in intensive care units will be free.
• Conducting a minimum of 30 tests for every 1000 inhabitants per month.
• In the region, at least 30 specialists continue to work to track the contacts of coronavirus vectors for every 100 thousand inhabitants.

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Of the seven requirements, New York fulfilled four: the level of hospitalizations and mortality, the proportion of new hospitalizations and testing (criteria No. 1, 2, 3 and 6 in the list above).

There are three outstanding requirements. Of the required free 30% hospital beds so far, only 26% in New York, and only 30% of the required free 29% hospital beds in intensive care units. The requirement that at least 30 specialists work in the region to track the contacts of coronavirus transporters for every 100 thousand inhabitants is still at the implementation stage.

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Despite this, the mayor of New York, Bill de Blasio, said that the city will begin to open in the first weeks of June, writes NPR.

He expects around 400 New Yorkers to return to work in the first half of June as the city prepares to lift some of the most stringent restrictions.

«Поскольку мы находимся в большой неизвестности (у нас никогда не было такой пандемии за последние сто лет), то можем дать только примерный диапазон количества людей, которые вернутся на работу, — сказал де Блазио. — Поэтому мы хотим убедиться, что все сделано правильно, безопасность — первоочередная задача».

The mayor believes that the city will not need much time to complete all the points. After the first wave of lifting restrictions, the four main sectors of the city’s economy will be able to return to work: construction, manufacturing, wholesale and retail, which are currently considered insignificant.

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«Эти сектора требуют личного присутствия людей. Но их выбрали еще и потому, что это сектора, где можно поддерживать социальное дистанцирование», — сказал мэр, отметив, что правила социального дистанцирования останутся в силе.

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