While most of the world hungers for a vaccine to put an end to the death and economic destruction wrought by COVID-19, some anti-vaccine groups are joining with anti-lockdown demonstrators to challenge restrictions aimed at protecting public health.
Gov. Chris Sununu's stay-at-home order is in effect. Read Emergency Order No. 17. It has an exhibit outlining businesses deemed essential, and therefore exempt from closing. New Hampshire schools are closed through the remainder of the academic year.
Across the country and the city of Boston, hospitals are reporting precipitous declines in emergency department visits, even as coronavirus cases climb. The phenomenon is as perplexing as it is alarming — at least as it concerns medical emergencies like appendicitis, heart attacks, strokes and even acute psychiatric problems, for which there is no intuitive way to explain the staggering drops.
Nearly 14% of New Yorkers were infected with the COVID-19 virus, according to a survey of 3,000 people across different regions, New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said Thursday, as he explained how the state is trying to understand the actual spread of coronavirus to guide public policy.
New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo and former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg announced the launch of a massive contact tracing program in an effort to better contain the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).