1 mile containment zone in New Rochelle, NY
03-10-2020, 09:39 AM
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1 mile containment zone in New Rochelle, NY
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The city announced 31 new cases across the state, bringing the total of 173, Cuomo said. More than half are in Westchester County, where New Rochelle is located. The city “is probably the largest cluster in the U.S. of these cases,” Cuomo said.
Schools, places of worship and other large gathering spots will close their doors for 14 days, Cuomo said, and National Guard troops will help deliver food and disinfect common areas inside the zone. The radius appears to emanate from the Young Israel of New Rochelle synagogue, which has been ground zero for infections in the area.
People living and working inside the zone can go about their day and visit businesses like grocery stores, and movement won’t be restricted, the governor said, but large gatherings will be discouraged. “You’re not containing people,” he said. “You’re containing facilities.”
Cuomo urged calm after declaring the containment zone by stressing the reality of those most affected — older people with health problems. Washington State and New York State have nearly identical confirmed infections, he noted, but no deaths in New York have been reported. The deaths in Washington State have centered on a nursing home.
Only 14 people in 173 confirmed cases are currently hospitalized in New York, Cuomo said.
Containment zone created for New Rochelle to curb outbreak, New York Gov. Cuomo says
New York has created a one-mile containment zone in New Rochelle, the epicenter of the state’s outbreak, to curb spread of the virus on the doorstep of New York City, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo (D) said in a news conference Tuesday.The city announced 31 new cases across the state, bringing the total of 173, Cuomo said. More than half are in Westchester County, where New Rochelle is located. The city “is probably the largest cluster in the U.S. of these cases,” Cuomo said.
Schools, places of worship and other large gathering spots will close their doors for 14 days, Cuomo said, and National Guard troops will help deliver food and disinfect common areas inside the zone. The radius appears to emanate from the Young Israel of New Rochelle synagogue, which has been ground zero for infections in the area.
People living and working inside the zone can go about their day and visit businesses like grocery stores, and movement won’t be restricted, the governor said, but large gatherings will be discouraged. “You’re not containing people,” he said. “You’re containing facilities.”
Cuomo urged calm after declaring the containment zone by stressing the reality of those most affected — older people with health problems. Washington State and New York State have nearly identical confirmed infections, he noted, but no deaths in New York have been reported. The deaths in Washington State have centered on a nursing home.
Only 14 people in 173 confirmed cases are currently hospitalized in New York, Cuomo said.
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