Increases the number of neighborhoods in Brooklyn and Queens that register an increase in coronavirus cases | The NY Journal

He mayor Bill de Blasio gave this Wednesday an update on the situation of the 9 postal zones of New York City, located in Brooklyn and Queens, where the levels of coronavirus infections are above 3% and the part was not so encouraging. To the list of monitored areas, neighborhoods such as Rego Park, Kensington, Windsor Terrace, Brighton Beach, Manhattan Beach, Sheepshead Bay and Williamsburg, which are registering slight increases.

“In six out of eight neighborhoods, we see the numbers continue to rise. We have seen some fluctuations by neighborhood. We know, and have seen it before in other areas such as Sunset park Y Soundview, the numbers can change quickly in the right direction. So we will continue working every day, every hour to make that change. But right now, in six of the eight neighborhoods, we see, sadly, an increase, ”said the Mayor. “And now the Kew Gardens neighborhood has surpassed that three percent level. We are watching carefully. We continue to monitor four codes additional postcards that are lower, but we want to be very careful because we have seen some increases. We also want to stop the problem in those areas. “

De Blasio mentioned that some 1,000 officials from different City agencies, including 400 policemen of the NYPD have been actively working in the neighborhoods most of concern for contagion, educating the community about the importance of wearing a mask and testing.

And although he acknowledged that there has been high compliance with regulations in those areas, he warned that if necessary, penalties will be imposed and even threatened to close deals that are the focus of spread of the outbreak.

“We saw a very high level of compliance. Yesterday the fines were not necessary. We’d love for that to continue, but obviously we are prepared to issue subpoenas as needed. The Sheriff’s Department also visited more than 130 non-public schools yesterday to make sure the rules are being followed, ”said the president.

“There will be intensive outreach by the Sheriff and the Office of Special Enforcement, going to the companies as they have done in recent days, going back to the companies where there are cases of non-compliance. A reminder is that businesses can be fined or closed. So there will be individual work throughout the community, business by business, hopefully finding good conditions. Where there are not good conditions, if it has not been the problem before, there will be a warning. If there has been a problem before, a company can be fined or shut down on the spot ”.

The key is to get tested

And as part of the efforts to reduce infections and stop it to COVID-19 not only in areas with the highest rate of positive cases, De Blasio called for all New Yorkers to get tested.

“It is very important that everyone go out and get tested. We need to have a very clear idea of ​​what is happening in the city. We need to have a very clear idea of ​​what is happening in these nine key zip codes and in several others that concern us, ”said the politician. “The more people who are tested, the better the image will be ”.

Likewise, the president announced the launch of the “block party” campaign, where mobile test teams will go to the neighborhoods to do daily test days. The program will start with 6 sites, where it is expected to carry out 500 tests in each one, for a total of 3,000 daily.

“11 mobile test sites have been relocated to the areas, tripling the capacity of the rapid test sites of the Department of Health. And a new initiative is the neighborhood party. These are areas where roads are closed and a high level of testing can be performed on mobile test units. And we want to encourage community members to come out and get involved ”, added De Blasio.

The governor Andrew Cuomo, He also presented a report where he informed that they have been identified 20 zones postcards across the state, where infections have risen among 3 and 8% and represent 23% of the total cases in the state. Seven of those sites are in Brooklyn, two in Queens, two in the Bronx, and one in Manhattan.

“We are dealing with the situation in areas of concern. We have had areas of concern in the past coming from factories, churches, bars and other places (…) So we are quite familiar with this, and when there is a group, we are very aggressive and we are over-sampling the groups ”, said Cuomo, warning that the average number of daily infections in the state is 1.02%. “We have implemented rapid test machines. So there will be two infection rates that we need to pay attention to: the state numbers and then the group numbers. All of this is a stark reminder that we must stay smart and vigilant – wear the mask, social distancing, and follow public health guidelines, because this is not over”.