PANDEMIC, THE END – After months of cautiousness in the face of a second wave of Covid-19, the mayor of New York City announced Thursday that he is planning a “complete reopening” of the city on July 1.
TG with AFP – 2021-04-30T08:36:49.541+02:00
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The return to normal life is looming in New York. Mayor Bill de Blasio is planning a “complete reopening” July 1, time to speed up the vaccination campaign. The governor is even more optimistic, hoping to lift the last restrictions “before” this date.
“We are ready to reopen New York completely on July 1“, said Mayor Bill de Blasio during a press briefing. “It means going to the shops (…), the possible return of bars and restaurants, the return of many employees (…) the theaters which are starting again and so many things that we cherish“. Many shops and restaurants are already open, but with limited capacity, and the mayor did not specify exactly what this”total reopening“implied in terms of lifting the restrictions.
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Broadway theaters, one of New York’s top tourist attractions, remain closed, however. The mayor, who recently announced a major campaign to revive tourism from June, admitted on Thursday that they would remain so until September, except “some more intimate theaters”.
If Bill de Blasio wants to get out of the health crisis quickly, Andrew Cuomo has yet to be convinced. The last word goes to the governor, with whom Bill de Blasio has difficult relations. When asked about this July 1 goal, the governor immediately challenged it. “I don’t like to make projections, I think they are irresponsible”Andrew Cuomo said during a separate press briefing. “I hope that we will have an earlier reopening date (…) If we do what we have to do, we can reopen before”.
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The two men seemed to agree, however, that the complete lifting of the restrictions would depend on the continuation of the current vaccination effort. Some 6.4 million doses of the vaccine have already been injected in New York, hit hard by the first wave of the pandemic in the spring of 2020, with 32,000 deaths from the coronavirus to date. Some 2.4 million New Yorkers – out of some 8.5 million – are now fully vaccinated, and the goal is to reach 5 million by the end of June, according to Bill de Blasio. “We need to create incentives for vaccination, to make it even more convenient for people “, he stressed.
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