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New York State Declares State of Emergency Due to COVID-19 / GORDON

The document says that given the observed spread of the coronavirus “at a rate unseen in the state since April 2020,” as well as rising COVID-19-related hospitalizations, the governor has declared a state of emergency across New York State.

According to the decree, the health department will be able to restrict the provision of non-serious and non-urgent procedures in hospitals in order to ensure sufficient beds in anticipation of a possible increase in the number of COVID-19 cases this coming winter.

The decree will take effect from Friday, December 3. It will also enable the state to more quickly procure any critical pandemic response.

Context:

An outbreak of coronavirus infection began at the end of 2019 in China. 11 March 2020 WHO declared the spread of coronavirus a pandemic.

By data American Johns Hopkins University, USA is in first place in the number of cases of COVID-19 – 48.2 million. 776 thousand people died from the disease.

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