The New York state governor cracked down on public rallies on Wednesday as the coronavirus health crisis raged on, calling residents "selfish" for their refusal to stay confined to their homes.
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Andrew Cuomo asked New York City police to enforce stricter social distancing rules as the death toll in the state approaches the 2000 threshold. " Young people need to hear this message, they still do not understand, we still see too many situations with far too much density involving young people, "he said during a press briefing, after having decided to close all the playgrounds in New York City to try to curb the spread of coronavirus.
According to a Reuters count, more than 4,700 people have died of Covid-19 in the United States and more than 212,000 confirmed cases of contamination have been reported. US health officials have said they expect the death toll from the pandemic to exceed 100,000, and may rise to 240,000 in the coming months despite containment measures.
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Donald Trump said Wednesday in a press briefing that he does not rule out banning certain domestic air routes to the cities of the country most affected by the virus, which could concern New York, New Orleans. and Detroit.
So far, 38 US states and the District of Columbia, where the capital Washington is located, have already called on residents to confine themselves and leave their homes only in emergencies - measures that affect some 260 million people. , or 80% of the population of the United States.
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New York mayor Bill de Blasio said at a press conference that the city is signing hotel deals to get 65,000 patient beds by the end of the month. He said he had already obtained some 10,000 beds in twenty hotels, whose attendance has dropped significantly while the pandemic has caused massive postponements of travel.
While New York remains the epicenter of the coronavirus in the country, other states have reported an outbreak of contamination, including California, Michigan and Florida. California Governor Gavin Newsom has warned that the state could find itself running out of beds in six weeks in intensive care units equipped with respirators.
