Indoor dining restrictions will be reinstated in New York City on Monday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced. Only takeout orders and outdoor dining will be allowed.
Nearly 1,700 patients are hospitalized in the city with the coronavirus, triple the number a month ago.
The government’s top infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, spoke with Cuomo by livestream this week, noting he expects hospitalizations to keep increasing until mid-January.
Cuomo’s order came despite opposition from the restaurant industry, which warned of holiday season layoffs as the federal government hasn’t passed additional COVID-19 relief.
Public health experts have repeatedly warned that indoor dining — particularly in small, crowded restaurants where individuals are drinking and can take off masks when not eating — poses a risk for airborne transmission. The CDC recently described such indoor dining as “high risk.”
(AP)
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I’m so happy that he’s continuing using common sense to save lives. In the strongest terms possible I urge YWN as well as anyone that has influence and all of klal Yisroel not to have a Chanukah party with people outside of your households! Lehavdil the goyim were pushing for that by thanksgiving, so we Kal vachomer have a chiuv of venishmartem.
is there n exception for Starbucks enclosed within Target stores?
It would not be fair but Cuomo has favored Target stores all the time, declaring them legal because of the 8% of food sales they sell.
For the record, there are jurisdictions that made things fair by limiting megastores to selling food only.