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The following will be announced: Attention: We are now in a Soft/Hard Lockdown. Andrew Cuomo imposed on the state from March to June 2020, and only mildly eased in the months that followed, would guarantee the. In an opinion piece Sunday in The New York Times, Cuomo called on President Donald Trump to authorize states to expand testing capabilities, set federal standards for shutting down commerce and schools, and mobilize the military to bolster medical treatment capabilities. Hard Lockdown implies that imminent danger is known and NO ONE will engage in any building sweep activity. Make no mistake: A second total lockdown like the one then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the Army Corps of Engineers should be mobilized by equipping facilities like military bases or college dorms to serve as temporary medical centers. “Every option is on the table in a crisis,” the Democrat said Sunday on CNN.Īlso in New York, Gov. At the height of restrictions in late March and early April 2020, more than 310 million Americans were under directives ranging from shelter in place to stay at home. Even though the Federal Public Health Emergency ended on May 11, COVID-19 testing, treatment and vaccination will remain available for New Yorkers. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, reacting to announcement of a curfew in neighboring Hoboken, New Jersey, says that a lockdown in the nation’s largest city couldn’t be ruled out. Offices in New York City crossed the 50 threshold last week for the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic eviscerated the local economy at the start of the outbreak.
