New York set to shut down at 8 p.m.; Cuomo warns socializing 'has to stop and it has to stop now'
NEW YORK — An order barring most New Yorkers from congregating in groups or going to work was set to go into effect Sunday in an attempt to slow a pandemic that has swept across the globe and threatened to make the state one of the world’s biggest coronavirus hot spots. Officials worldwide warned of a critical shortage of medical supplies.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Friday ordered all non-essential businesses in the state to close and non-essential workers to stay home, but delayed formal implementation until 8 p.m. Sunday.
He and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio also called for getting everything from masks to gowns, as well as doctors and other medical workers to New York City, and asked President Donald Trump to have the U.S. military take over the logistics of making and distributing medical supplies.
“I can’t be blunt enough. If the president doesn’t act, people will die who could have lived otherwise,” de Blasio told NBC’s “Meet The Press.”
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