As the United States continues to see increases in coronavirus cases, New York, the one-time epicenter of the pandemic, appears to have battled back the virus and kept it at bay since the spring.
across New York, city and state leaders increased their strict health mandates, ordering that all New Yorkers wear a face covering outdoors in April and maintain social distancing while businesses remained shuttered.
A designated area for patients suspected of having the novel coronavirus at Brooklyn Hospital Center in New York, March 23, 2020."I really do believe that the focus on the balance was communicating with the public about reducing the spread. You go to supermarkets and everyone was wearing masks," she told ABC News."There was continuous reinforcement of the orders in our communities.
"If there was any suggestion [within counties] that any of those numbers in jeopardy, the phasing would be backed off," she said.In this June 22, 2020, file photo, people enter a retail store in Brooklyn, New York.Central New York state towns were the first to go to phase 1, which included strict limits on indoor activities and crowd sizes, on May 15.
People sit at tables at Grand Central Market in downtown Los Angeles, on June 24, 2020, amid a record rise in coronavirus cases across the state.Several locations in California, including San Francisco, were one of the first places in the U.S. to issue shelter-in-place orders in March. In the middle of the month, a statewide shelter in place order went into effect. The average number of new daily never went above 2,000 during the lockdown months, according to California's health department.
Braithwaite said New York's plan has been more successful than other states because it still puts strict limits on businesses. Braithwaite said the governor's quarantine order is wise since the data from the rest of the country is showing significant jumps.
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