
In just 24 hours, the death toll jumped more than 420. On Thursday, the country reached a terrifying marker: more than 3,400 dead. Italy remains shutdown, but the number of coronavirus cases jumps day after day. Right now, New York currently accounts for almost 40 percent of the entire country’s coronavirus cases - with the city accounting for 4,000 cases alone. This order excludes pharmacies, grocery stores, and others.- Andrew Cuomo March 20, 2020

#BREAKING: I will sign an Executive Order mandating that 100% of workforce must stay home, excluding essential services. “When I talk about the most drastic I can take, this is the most drastic action we can take,” he said. The order will go into effect Sunday evening. Pharmacies, grocery stores, and more would not close, and he asked people to stay indoors to whatever extent possible. On Friday, Governor Andrew Cuomo said that he was issuing an executive order that says only essential businesses can function, with “non-essential” workers asked to stay at home. These latest stay-at-home rules are intended to prevent that dire scenario from happening.Ĭalifornia introduced the most drastic measure of any state first, but that’s changing. In a letter to President Donald Trump, the governor said California could see about 56 percent of its population diagnosed with Covid-19, the formal name for the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, in the next eight weeks - in other words, more than 25 million people. Newsom said the order would be in place indefinitely, as California’s health care system braces for an influx of patients. You can still walk your dog, you can still pick up food at one of our distribution centers, at a restaurant, at a drive-thru - all those things we will still be able to do.” You can still take your kids outside, practicing common sense and social distancing.

“We’re going to make sure that you’re getting critical medical supplies. “We’re going to keep the grocery stores open,” Newsom said Thursday. People can also still go to restaurants to pick up food and can take walks outside - as long as they practice responsible social distancing. Under the order, residents are asked to stay inside except for essential work or travel, which includes going to the grocery store, pharmacy, or bank. The order expands what was already happening in places like the Bay Area, and Los Angeles had adopted similar stay-at-home rules just before Newsom made his announcement. On Thursday night, California Governor Gavin Newsom issued an order for all of the state’s 40 million residents to stay home. For its part, China says it went for the second day in a row without recording any new local transmissions of the coronavirus. Yet a new poll finds that a majority of Americans - 55 percent - approve of Trump’s handling of the crisis.Įlsewhere, Italy now has reached a grim marker: The most coronavirus deaths outside of China, with more than 3,400, as the crisis rages in Europe. These interventions are a recognition that the crisis in the United States is still growing. They are the most sweeping measures in the United States so far, as coronavirus cases in the United States move past 14,000. Gavin Newsom ordered the state’s residents to stay home, except for essential activities. Mnuchin requested an extension of several of the central bank’s emergency liquidity facilities, but said the lending facilities set up with the Federal Reserve to businesses and municipalities had ” clearly achieved their objective.” The Federal Reserve objected to Mnuchin’s decision in a statement.California is now on lockdown after Gov. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said late on Thursday that he would not support the extension of several emergency lending programs set to expire on Dec.Had “no meaningful effect on mortality or on other important outcomes for patients,” including recovery times. The World Health Organization recommended against the use of remdesivir for Covid-19 patients, saying the medication, developed by.A quick approval might lead to initial deployment of the vaccine in December. death count from the virus has risen to 252,563, according to data aggregated by Johns Hopkins University.Īnd BioNTech will ask the Food and Drug Administration for emergency use authorization for their coronavirus vaccine on Friday. added 187,396 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, according to a New York Times tracker, with a seven-day average of 166,267 a day, rising 73% from two weeks earlier.
