New York City plans to reinstate some lockdowns as Covid surges | Financial Times - Billy Nauman:
October 4, 2020 - "New York City mayor Bill de Blasio on Sunday proposed reinstating the lockdown for nine neighbourhoods in Brooklyn and Queens in which there had been a surge in coronavirus infection rates.... The plan for New York, which still needs approval from governor Andrew Cuomo, would require schools and non-essential businesses to close in the affected areas beginning on Wednesday.... .
"Mr de Blasio said the city government was keeping a close watch on other areas with increasing infection rates ... that could be added to the lockdown These areas were not subject to the same restrictions as the other nine at this time, he said, but restaurants would be forced to cease indoor dining. Gyms and pools would also be closed.
"For each day from September 29 until October 3, New York state recorded more than 1,000 new cases of coronavirus. It had not previously seen multiple consecutive days with more than 1,000 positive tests since June." [Deaths are averaging 12 per day as of October 3, up from 9 per day a month earlier - gd]
"Mr Cuomo ... announced separately on Sunday that the state would begin an 'aggressive enforcement' campaign to deploy personnel in hotspots to improve compliance with coronavirus prevention rules."
Read more: https://www.ft.com/content/96aa45e9-feb9-41e0-8744-040087539d91
[De Blasio announced the city's first lockdown on March 17, but Cuomo stopped it, declaring: 'No city in the state can quarantine itself without state approval. And I have no interest whatsoever and no plan whatsoever to quarantine any city.' Cuomo doubled down on his comments the next day - 'That is not going to happen, shelter in place, for New York City. For any city or county to take an emergency action, the state has to approve it. And I wouldn't approve shelter in place" - before approving the state's first shelter in place order two days later, on March 20. - gd]
Update, October 6:
New York Sets New Lockdown Restrictions Where Coronavirus Has Resurged | Wall Street Journal - Melanie Grayce West:
October 6, 2020 - "New York will reimpose lockdown restrictions in parts of the state that have seen recent surges in new coronavirus cases, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday, and he warned of wider limitations if infection rates continued to rise. The restrictions will affect large swaths of New York City, as well as nearby Rockland and Orange counties, with closures of nonessential businesses and limits on mass gatherings in certain hot spots. They are the first lockdown impositions since the state began to emerge from the pandemic in May and started regional reopenings of its economy.
"The measures take a tiered approach with hot spots identified by the colors red, orange or yellow. Hot spots with the highest positivity rates are designated red zones and face a near total shutdown. In those areas, schools are closed, worship is limited to 10 people and mass gatherings are off limits. The restrictions also only allow essential businesses to operate and limit restaurants to providing takeout....
"Local municipalities have until Friday to enforce the state’s new tiered approach. Restrictions will be in effect for two weeks and then reviewed, said Mr. Cuomo."
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