States on the country's East and West coasts are forming their own regional pacts to work together on how to reopen from the stay-at-home orders each has issued to limit the spread of the novel coronavirus.
The first such group to be announced came Monday on the East Coast. Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said his state, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Rhode Island and Massachusetts each plan to name a public health and economic official to a regional working group. The chief of staff of the governor of each state also will be a part of the group, which will begin work immediately to design a reopening plan.
Any states who want to join are welcome to join, Cuomo said, adding that he is in touch with Massachusetts.The goal of the group is to create a plan to re-open each state in a way that limits new outbreaks of coronavirus. Among the plans are contact tracing, treatment and social distancing measures. Cuomo noted that health officials in his state believe they have reached a plateau in cases, which he hailed as relatively good news.
Krugman: 'Crazy' to re-open economy in a few weeks 14:32The New York governor said it would be important to share information, resources and intelligence."No one has done this before," he said."No other state has done it before. So, it's one step forward after research, and consultation with experts. I'm not a public health expert, but this has to be informed by experts and by data. You take one step forward. You see how it works.
Tapper: Mr. President, these questions need answers 03:51Newsom said the discussions with the Oregon and Washington governors about metrics for re-opening the economy began at the beginning of last week.
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