( Reuters) – Sunny days and warm weather condition are showing to be as challenging to manage as restaurants, hair salons and other companies, as about half of U.S. states partially resume their economies after the coronavirus lockdown.
On Saturday, countless individuals gathered on the National Mall in Washington to see a U.S. Navy flyover to honor health care workers and others battling the pandemic.
In New York City, the hottest weather yet this spring triggered picnickers and sunbathers to flock to green areas in Manhattan, including crowded conditions at the Christopher Street Pier in Greenwich Village, according to pictures on social networks.
Last week, California bought beaches in Orange County to close, after crowds defied public health standards to throng the popular shoreline. Cops in the county’s Huntington Beach said people were complying on Sunday.
New York Mayor Costs de Blasio stated there were “some real concerns” near the pier and cops would increase patrols.
Dr. Deborah Birx, response organizer for the White Home coronavirus task force, said on “Fox News Sunday” that massing on beaches was not safe unless individuals kept at least 6 feet (1.8 m) apart. She likewise weighed in against allowing such organisations as beauty parlor and spas to reopen in the first phase.
” We’ve made it clear that is not a great stage one activity,” she stated, as the number of U.S. cases topped 1.1 million and the death toll rose to more than 67,000 on Sunday.
Protesters gathering, as they did last week in M