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New York to close schools, houses of worship in suburban center of coronavirus break out

New York to close schools, houses of worship in suburban center of coronavirus break out

New York City (Reuters) – Schools, holy places and big event places in part of the New York City suburban area of New Rochelle will shut down for 2 weeks in an effort to include the coronavirus break out at its regional center, Guv Andrew Cuomo said on Tuesday.

A male strolls near the Young Israel orthodox synagogue in New Rochelle, New York, U.S., March 10,2020 REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz

The shutdown, which begins on Thursday and is due to last till at least March 25, impacts an area of New Rochelle in Westchester County that measures 1 mile (1.61 km) in size. The county accounts for more than 100 of the state’s 173 confirmed cases, the governor stated.

” This will be a duration of disruption for the local neighborhood,” Cuomo stated at a press conference. “It is a dramatic action, but it is the biggest cluster in the country. And this is literally a matter of life and death.”

Cuomo said he was calling in the National Guard to the containment location to help with cleaning up public spaces and to deliver fo

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