New York City indoor dining will expand to 75 percent capacity beginning May 7, bringing New York City in line with the rest of New York; also on May 7, hair salons, barber shops and other personal care services will expand to 75 percent capacity.
Effective May 19, restrictions on most business capacities will be removed in New York and New Jersey. Businesses will only be limited by the space available for patrons or parties of patrons to maintain the required social distance of 6 feet. This will also apply in houses of worship.
PBS NewsHour Reports
May 6: Waiving the Vaccine Patent May Depend on Incentives
When COVID-19 hit the nation of Georgia last year, its residents turned to an unlikely source: two Georgian doctors who had immigrated to the U.S. and had been battling the pandemic for months. Dr. Nana Gegetchkori in New York City and Dr. Zurab Guruli in Jackson, Mississippi, became viral sensations in their home country, advising doctors and patients, largely on social media. Hari Sreenivasan reports.
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Hari Sreenivasan:
In the small country of Georgia, with about 3.7 million people, more than 8 percent of the population has tested positive for the coronavirus.
At its peak in December, with a rate of about 4,400 new cases a day, the medical system was overwhelmed and Georgians had few resources to turn to.