By Jill Goldsmith New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said New York City can start reopening on June 8 as one of the most dramatic global hubs of the COVID-19 pandemic nears the parameters the state established for entering Phase I.
The city as been on lockdown since March as the virus spread rapidly and the hospital and health care workers were tested. Over 20,000 people have died and 200,000 been infected.
The city still does not have quite enough hospital beds available (it needs 30%) or contact tracers in place under state guidelines but Governor Cuomo said it most likely would in a week’s time.
It would allow for non-essential stores like clothing, furniture and electronics, to open for curbside pickup and a resumption of non-essential
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