An Uber driver in New York City used sheets of plastic as a protective shield between the front and back seats of the vehicle amid the coronavirus pandemic. The passenger tweeted that he felt 'much more comfortable as a passenger' with the barrier.
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"We want the governors with the data that they have, community by community, to be setting up those timelines," she said. Fauci said during the third phase of the reopening it may be conceivable to see things like packed arenas for sporting events, large crowds, and concerts. "This unprecedented crisis has already taken a significant toll on our NYPD family," Shea wrote."We vow never to forget our heroes’ service and sacrifice."New York City has ordered that all permitted events in the month of May cancelled, Olivia Lapeyrolerie, a spokeswoman for the mayor's office, said.
Aviation Ordnanceman Chief Petty Officer Charles Robert Thacker Jr., 41, of Fort Smith, Ark., is pictured in a photo released by the U.S. Navy. He was assigned to the USS Theodore Roosevelt and died from COVID-19 on April 13, 2020.Thacker's spouse, who is an active duty member stationed in San Diego, was flown to Guam the next day and was at his side during his final hours, according to the Navy.
FILE PHOTO: The Boeing Everett Factory is pictured after Boeing announced a temporary suspension of production operations at its Puget Sound area facilities, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, in Everett, Washington, March 23, 2020. The company said it plans to send 2,500 of its 30,000 production employees in the Puget Sound region back to work starting April 20.
A sign alerts customers that a business in Queens, which has one of the highest infection rates of coronavirus in the nation, is closed on April 03, 2020, in New York.The third phase says bars, gyms and large venues can reopen with limited social distancing and proper sanitation. Seven of those residents tested negative for the virus. It was not clear if the final resident contracted the virus.A tent sits idle beside the entrance to the Soldiers' Home, April 6, 2020, in Chelsea, Mass.Ninety-seven veteran residents and 81 employees have tested positive for the coronavirus.
As of Thursday, 8,224 coronavirus patients are in New Jersey hospitals, including 2,014 people in intensive care units, Murphy said. Murphy said he asked the attorney general to investigate the deaths at the Andover Subacute and Rehab Center.An ambulance departs with a patient from Andover Subacute and Rehab Center, during the coronavirus disease outbreak in Andover, New Jersey, April 16, 2020.
"To clarify previous news reports, there was a total of 15 bodies in our holding room on April 13th," the statement said."8 of them actually expired on April 13th and a total of 13 bodies were removed before midnight and occurred with the assistance of Andover police department."The governor also said the attorney general will"do a review of all long-term care facilities that have experienced a disproportionate number of deaths" during the pandemic.
A handout image released by 10 Downing Street, shows President Donald Trump on the screen and Britain's Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, right, attending a remote G7 meeting inside 10 Downing Street, in central London, on April 16, 2020, during the novel coronavirus COVID-19. A makeshift morgue is set up outside Lenox Hill Hospital during the coronavirus pandemic, on April 15, 2020, in New York City.
Cuomo announced Monday that seven Northeast states -- New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Rhode Island and Massachusetts -- were joining forces to create a reopening plan. A sign posted on a door reads 'for safety of staff a mask or scarf is required to enter office' on April 15, 2020, in New York City.
And of the New Yorkers tested for the coronavirus on Tuesday, 55% were positive -- up from 53% on Monday.
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