According to a Washington Post report, the dangerous virus has spread throughout the city after an Orthodox lawyer has infected it and infected its immediate environment • "People think the end of the world has come and they can never leave their home," said a Kosher restaurant owner
While New York State governor Andrew Cuomo continues to admonish that the spread of the Corona epidemic has slowed, according to a Washington Post report, the latest victims of the virus have spread in New York through the close proximity of New Rochelle and Westchester Orthodox communities, where many taxpayers Schools, weddings, bar mitzvahs and funerals.
Corona in New York // Photo: Reuters
Initially, he was diagnosed as a Jewish lawyer who works in downtown Manhattan and lives in the suburbs, and within less than 48 hours, his wife, his two children and a neighbor who drove him to the hospital were also diagnosed.
What began as a small family story in Westchester County, developed into the closure of Jewish schools and synagogues and led to residents' anxiety throughout the area - the most crowded in the entire state of New York.
"People think the end of the world has come and they will never be able to leave their house," Josh Berkowitz, owner of a kosher Asian restaurant in New Rochelle town, described the family. Most of his clients are under closure but have not yet developed symptoms of the deadly virus. The restaurant began to operate in the form of deliveries to the family doors to prevent contact between the employees and the isolates.
As a result of an epidemiological examination, five employees in the attorney's office were examined for fear of being infected, and they were placed in domestic isolation. At the same time, his twenty-year-old son attending Yeshiva University was also brought in for isolation, along with his roommate and another close friend.
Meanwhile, given the rise in the number of people infected in the area, New York state officials are trying to reassure users of public transportation. "There is no indication that a subway ride with a patient with the virus causes infection," said Oksiris Barbott, New York City Health Commissioner.