Mayor Bill de Blasio suggests New York City coronavirus lockdown will last until at least JULY
MAYOR Bill de Blasio has suggested New York City's coronavirus lockdown will last until at least July.
As New York state's social distancing and shelter-in-place orders remain in effect until May 15, de Blasio admitted he sees "the light at the end of the tunnel" - but said it would require "a lot of discipline."
New Yorkers must stay home until mid-May and are required to wear face masks in Ubers and on public transportation, Gov. Cuomo announced Thursday.
“We have to continue doing what we’re doing. I’d like to see that infection rate get down even more," the governor told reporters on Thursday.
He added: "The New York Pause policies, the close-down policies, will be extended in coordination with other states to May 15."
The lockdown was previously scheduled to end on April 30.
“So, one month, we’ll continue the close-down policies. What happens after then? I don’t know. We will see what the data shows,” Cuomo said.
“I don’t want to project beyond that period.”
Cuomo said that from Wednesday to Thursday, there were 606 deaths, which is a slight decrease from Tuesday’s death toll of 752 — and the lowest in 10 days.
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