New York prepares a plan to recover from the coronavirus epidemic

New York has already begun work on steps to rebuild the economy when the coronavirus epidemic declines. This publication reports "Voice of America".

New York State has already begun work on steps to rebuild the economy. This was announced on Monday, March 23, the Governor of New York, Andrew Cuomo, during a press conference in Albany.

He stressed that he was very pleased with the steps taken to counter the crisis. The governor also added that the state or even the whole country cannot function for a long time in the conditions of a complete stoppage of the economy.

According to official figures, in 2017, New York State’s GDP was $ 1,5 trillion, which is 8% of the country's economy.

The state's residents - nearly 20 million people - are now experiencing the first week of a complete shutdown of a non-critical business. People are worried because they don't know how long this will last. They are forced to stay on unpaid leave and do not know how long they will not receive a salary.

To develop concrete steps to restore the state’s economy after the situation with the coronavirus stabilizes, Cuomo promised to appoint two private sector officials.

About NY Forward

Earlier in New York, the Pause quarantine plan was introduced, which stopped almost the entire business.

Now, according to Cuomo, you should consider New York's forward strategy called NY Forward. This strategy is designed to answer such important questions: how to restart the economy and how to achieve this by combining it with a strategy to ensure public health.

As part of the NY Forward strategy, efforts will be made to return to business those who have already been ill and recovered from coronavirus infection, the newspaper writes. WBFORecalling Cuomo's statement.

To do this, it is planned to test as many people as possible to find out who has the COVID-19 antibodies. Perhaps someone has already been ill, but does not know about it, because he did not have symptoms of the disease.

The governor also noted that his plans did not include the complete closure of all enterprises and the introduction of widespread social distancing.

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As of March 23, the United States ranks third in the number of infected with COVID-19. A total of 43 people fell ill in America, 734 died, according to Worldometer.

On Monday, March 23, the number of people infected in the state crossed the 20 mark, 000 people died. The governor says the state’s leadership is doing everything possible to provide hospitals with everything they need to treat patients, including thousands of ventilators, millions of surgical masks and gowns. Officials say the state needs about 157 ventilators to deal with the crisis.