New York is deploying National Guard troops for the first time in the coronavirus crisis to help contain the spread of the disease from an infection-hit suburb of New York City, the state's governor said Tuesday, SIA reports referring to AFP.
Andrew Cuomo said authorities would set up a one-mile radius "containment zone" around the epicentre of an outbreak in New Rochelle in suburban Westchester County. Cuomo explained that all facilities in the zone that hold large gatherings, such as schools and temples, would be closed for two weeks beginning Thursday.
There have been 173 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in New York state, including 108 in Westchester County, home to New Rochelle where the majority of infections have been detected.
Cuomo told reporters that businesses in the containment zone will remain open and that people will be free to come and go as they wish, insisting there is no quarantine. "It is a dramatic action, but it is the largest cluster in the country. This is literally a matter of life and death," Cuomo added.
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