NEW YORK, April 14 — Seven Northeastern US states and three on the West Coast formed regional pacts yesterday aimed at coordinating a gradual reopening of their economies without a resurgence of coronavirus infections just as the outbreak appeared to be starting to wane. New York, by far the...
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New York, by far the hardest hit state, will work closely with nearby New Jersey, Connecticut, Delaware, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island to devise strategies for jointly easing stay-at-home orders imposed last month to curb coronavirus transmissions, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said.“Nobody has been here before, nobody has all the answers,” Cuomo said during an open conference call with five counterparts. “Addressing public health and the economy: Which one is first? They're both first.
But they stressed that decisions about when and how to reopen non-essential businesses, along with schools and universities, will put the health of residents first and rely on science rather than politics. Legal experts say the president has limited power under the US Constitution to order citizens back to their places of employment, or to require cities to reopen government buildings and transportation, or to order local businesses to reopen.
Political leaders said a reopening of the economy may hinge on more widespread testing and cautioned that lifting of stay-at-home orders prematurely could reignite the outbreak. The Trump administration has signalled May 1 as a potential date for easing the restrictions.The US death toll from Covid-19, the highly infectious lung disease caused by the virus, topped 23,000 yesterday, out of more than 575,000 known US infections, according to a Reuters tally.
Wyoming reported its first death from the coronavirus yesterday, the final US state to report a fatality.
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