New Yorkers were required to wear masks in public places and were pleased with the plan to overcome the crisis

The state governor signed a decree requiring all New Yorkers to wear protective masks in public places in the context of the coronavirus epidemic. He also talked about how he plans to get the staff out of the coronavirus crisis. This publication reports FoxNews.

The Rule for All

“Today I am issuing a decree requiring all people to wear a mask or cover their faces in public when social distancing is not possible,” Governor Andrew Cuomo wrote in Twitter... "For example, if you are traveling on public transport where social distancing is impossible, or walking on a busy street."

To cover the face, it is not necessary to use a mask, the governor explained. You can also use a bandana, for example.

The order is expected to enter into force on Friday, April 17.

“We must continue to stop the spread of the virus,” he stressed during a press conference on April 15. Cuomo added that people have the right to walk in parks and walk the streets, but for this they must not endanger others.

“You have no right to infect me,” he said.

For non-compliance with the new rule, residents of the city will not go to jail, however, local authorities "must ensure its compliance."

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Meanwhile, on April 15, the governor said that the total number of hospitalized due to coronavirus in New York is about 18 thousand. However, he said the figure was lower than last week, and called it “good news.”

“We still have about 2000 people every day being diagnosed with COVID. But the good news is that we can change the curve and control the spread of the virus, ”Cuomo said.

Economic recovery

The governor also warned that infection rates could rise if social distance measures were “eased too early.”

“People ask us about the economic recovery. How do we do it? - he said. "We have to build a bridge from where we are to the recovery of the economy." He added that New York is moving "to a different place and it's better." “If we do not learn from this, then all this will be in vain,” he stressed. "We will go to a different place, which is the new normal."

Earlier this week, Cuomo, along with the governors of the northeastern states - New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Delaware - announced a joint effort to eventually reopen the economy. To do this, they plan to coordinate efforts in the context of the coronavirus crisis.

“We must look forward to the“ opening ”, but we need to open up again with a plan, and it must be thought out, because if we do it wrong, it can lead to the opposite result,” the governor said.

He added that overcoming the crisis must be “productive and coordinated.”

“In coordination with other states in this area and do it as a collaborative effort, where we learn from each other, share information, resources, intelligence,” he added.

The official also noted that "no one has done this before." The Governor of New York said an economic development specialist and health worker will be appointed in each state to quarantine. Thus, a working group will be formed that will immediately begin to “develop a revival plan”, taking into account “the problems and issues of public health, as well as the problems and issues of reviving the economy”.

As of April 15, New York remained the epicenter of coronavirus infection in the United States. It reported more than 203 positive cases of COVID-300 and more than 19 deaths.