紐約州已經在恢復正常生活的漫長道路上邁出了第一步,并開始為經濟重啟打下基礎。據紐約州州長安德魯·科莫表示,該州將開展抗體檢測,以識別曾經感染新冠病毒并具有一定免疫力的醫務工作者和其他關鍵崗位的人員。
紐約州新冠疫情已有所減弱,當地政府開始計劃讓人們的生活回到正軌,目前已確立了初步目標和關鍵節點。但由于檢測能力不足,疫苗研發也還需要18個月的時間,政府決定逐步重啟經濟所依據的關鍵因素有兩個:一是企業的“重要程度”,二是疫情卷土重來的風險水平。
這項計劃的關鍵在于加快檢測速度,既要發現人們是否感染了新冠病毒,也要判斷受試者是否感染過新冠病毒并產生了抵抗力。政府將優先對先遣急救人員和其他抗疫關鍵崗位的一線人員開展測試。
科莫在周三(4月15日)的每日疫情通報會上透露,抗體試劑盒由紐約州衛生署研制,當局計劃每天進行2000次測試。已產生抗體的人員可以優先返回工作崗位,因為他們已經不再攜帶病毒,并且產生了免疫能力。
紐約州已獲批在自己的實驗室開展檢測。但為了爭取私人企業的幫助,擴大檢測范圍,該州還需要獲得美國食品和藥品管理局的批準。科莫表示,一旦獲批,紐約州每天最多可以為10萬人提供測試。
科莫強調,大規模測試對于任何復學復工的計劃都至關重要。如果沒有聯邦政府的幫助,各州將無法獨立承擔這樣的檢測。
科莫說他將簽署一道行政令,要求紐約民眾在無法保持社交距離的情況下,必須佩戴口罩遮住口鼻。這也提醒我們在可以預見的未來,“正常生活”的概念只是相對的。
科莫表示,行政令將在本周末生效。當局一開始將不會對違規者進行處罰,但如果人們拒不遵守規定,他將授權地方政府強制罰款。
盡管疫情仍在肆虐,但對于渴望回到工作崗位和恢復行動自由的紐約人來說,旨在重啟經濟的新措施漸漸成了他們最關心的話題。雖然最新數據顯示,美國疫情已趨于緩和并開始消退,但數據也表明大流行還遠未結束。
紐約州在4月14日新增752例死亡病例,連續12天死亡人數超過500。該州累計病亡人數已達11586人。每天都有數以千計的新增感染病例,醫院收治的患者也急劇增加,單日最多約有2250名患者入院。
盡管如此,總在院人數、重癥患者以及需要插管的患者(后者需要使用呼吸機)人數總體有所下降。政府官員認為紐約州已經度過了最危險的時期,因為紐約一開始從其他州和國家獲取了數千臺呼吸機,但現在該州已經開始向他州運送呼吸機,其中支援密歇根州100臺,支援馬里蘭州50臺。
科莫表示:“我們還沒有脫離險境,但我們可以控制住疫情的蔓延。”(財富中文網)
譯者:智竑
紐約州已經在恢復正常生活的漫長道路上邁出了第一步,并開始為經濟重啟打下基礎。據紐約州州長安德魯·科莫表示,該州將開展抗體檢測,以識別曾經感染新冠病毒并具有一定免疫力的醫務工作者和其他關鍵崗位的人員。
紐約州新冠疫情已有所減弱,當地政府開始計劃讓人們的生活回到正軌,目前已確立了初步目標和關鍵節點。但由于檢測能力不足,疫苗研發也還需要18個月的時間,政府決定逐步重啟經濟所依據的關鍵因素有兩個:一是企業的“重要程度”,二是疫情卷土重來的風險水平。
這項計劃的關鍵在于加快檢測速度,既要發現人們是否感染了新冠病毒,也要判斷受試者是否感染過新冠病毒并產生了抵抗力。政府將優先對先遣急救人員和其他抗疫關鍵崗位的一線人員開展測試。
科莫在周三(4月15日)的每日疫情通報會上透露,抗體試劑盒由紐約州衛生署研制,當局計劃每天進行2000次測試。已產生抗體的人員可以優先返回工作崗位,因為他們已經不再攜帶病毒,并且產生了免疫能力。
紐約州已獲批在自己的實驗室開展檢測。但為了爭取私人企業的幫助,擴大檢測范圍,該州還需要獲得美國食品和藥品管理局的批準。科莫表示,一旦獲批,紐約州每天最多可以為10萬人提供測試。
科莫強調,大規模測試對于任何復學復工的計劃都至關重要。如果沒有聯邦政府的幫助,各州將無法獨立承擔這樣的檢測。
科莫說他將簽署一道行政令,要求紐約民眾在無法保持社交距離的情況下,必須佩戴口罩遮住口鼻。這也提醒我們在可以預見的未來,“正常生活”的概念只是相對的。
科莫表示,行政令將在本周末生效。當局一開始將不會對違規者進行處罰,但如果人們拒不遵守規定,他將授權地方政府強制罰款。
盡管疫情仍在肆虐,但對于渴望回到工作崗位和恢復行動自由的紐約人來說,旨在重啟經濟的新措施漸漸成了他們最關心的話題。雖然最新數據顯示,美國疫情已趨于緩和并開始消退,但數據也表明大流行還遠未結束。
紐約州在4月14日新增752例死亡病例,連續12天死亡人數超過500。該州累計病亡人數已達11586人。每天都有數以千計的新增感染病例,醫院收治的患者也急劇增加,單日最多約有2250名患者入院。
盡管如此,總在院人數、重癥患者以及需要插管的患者(后者需要使用呼吸機)人數總體有所下降。政府官員認為紐約州已經度過了最危險的時期,因為紐約一開始從其他州和國家獲取了數千臺呼吸機,但現在該州已經開始向他州運送呼吸機,其中支援密歇根州100臺,支援馬里蘭州50臺。
科莫表示:“我們還沒有脫離險境,但我們可以控制住疫情的蔓延。”(財富中文網)
譯者:智竑
New York State took an initial step on the long road back to normal life and began laying foundations for how the process will work, introducing an antibody test to identify medical personnel and other essential workers who have already had the coronavirus and have some immunity, Governor Andrew Cuomo said.
As the state’s coronavirus crisis starts to ebb and officials begin planning the massive undertaking of returning New York to a semblance of normality, they have begun putting in place initial goals and milestones. But with a shortage of testing capacity and a vaccine still as long as 18 months away, they are looking at a phased reopening based on two key factors: how “essential” a business is, and what its risk profile is for reigniting the spread of the virus.
A key element of the plan is to get testing up to speed, both for whether people have the virus and whether people once had it and have developed resistance. Initially, the test is being made available to first responders and other essential workers on the front lines of the battle against the virus.
Using a testing kit developed by the state’s Health Department, the program will run 2,000 of the tests a day, Cuomo said Wednesday at his daily virus briefing. Those who have the antibodies will be allowed to return to work earliest, because they no longer carry the virus and have developed resistance to it.
New York has been allowed to conduct the tests in its own labs. But in order to enlist the help of private administrators and make it available on a widespread basis, the state needs approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. If the FDA approves, the state could test as many as 100,000 New Yorkers a day, Cuomo said.
Cuomo emphasized that wide-scale testing was vital to any plan to reopen schools and businesses and that the states can’t afford to do such testing without help from the federal government.
In a reminder that normal life will be a relative term in New York for the foreseeable future, Cuomo said he would sign an executive order requiring New Yorkers to wear a mask covering their nose and mouth in situations where social distancing can’t be maintained.
The order will take effect at the end of the week, Cuomo said. There won’t be a penalty for noncompliance at first, but if people aren’t following the order, he said, he will authorize a fine that would be enforced by local governments.
The new measures toward reopening are beginning to take center stage for New Yorkers eager to get back to work and move freely, even as they are unveiled against a backdrop of ongoing strife from the virus. Though new data shows the infection’s reach has plateaued and is beginning to ebb, it also shows the pandemic is far from over.
New York recorded 752 virus-related deaths in the latest 24-hour period, the 12th consecutive day with more than 500 fatalities. The overall death toll is 11,586. Thousands of new infections are being reported each day, and there was a sharp jump in the number of new hospital admissions for patients with the virus, to about 2,250 in a single day.
Still, total hospitalizations, intensive-care admissions and intubations -- in which patients were placed on ventilator support -- were down overall. And in a sign that officials believe the crisis phase of the infection is truly passing, New York -- the recipient of thousands of ventilators from other states and countries as the virus mounted -- is now sending them to other states, with 100 to Michigan and 50 to Maryland.
“We’re still in the woods,” Cuomo said. “But we can control the spread.”