States hardest-hit by the coronavirus say they don't intend to wait for President Trump's decision on restarting the economy and will instead decide for themselves what timeline is best to start a measured and calculated reopening process.
The state's stay-at-home order is currently in place indefinitely. On Monday, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced the state would join forces with Washington and Oregon in a"Western States Pact" to regionally coordinate reopening their economies. Newsom, a Democrat, said Tuesday his team had outlined six key indicators the state would use to determine when it would be safe to reopen the economy, among them testing, hospital capacity, and the development of therapeutics.
Pritzker also said the state must implement a contact tracing system and offer treatment to lessen the severity of the symptoms, so that fewer people require hospitalization."Governor Pritzker has been clear that science will guide his decisions on how best to move forward," Pritzker press secretary Jordan Abudayyeh told NBC News in a statement.Gov. Ron DeSantis last week became one of the last few governors in the U.S. to issue a stay-at-home order amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Gov. Jay Inslee, a Democrat, announced Monday the state would work together with nearby California and Oregon on a"shared approach" for reopening their economies, emphasizing the states would be prioritizing health considerations in making that decision."We will continue to consult with our federal partners," a spokesman for Inslee told NBC News in a statement,"but will ultimately make the right decision for Washingtonians based on the science and the facts.
DeWine, a Republican, also said he anticipates a long period of time before things fully return to normal."We're not going to be all the way back until we have a vaccine that is available to everyone in the state," DeWine told the Post, saying that likely would take over a year.The stay-at-home order in Virginia is currently set to remain in place through June 10, over a month past the goal the White House set for a partial reopening beginning next month.
"If we try to rush to get our lives back to normal, the number of cases will spike higher and earlier," Northam, a Democrat, said."And we can't afford that." Northam also stressed that despite Trump's claims of total authority over the states, he and he alone would make the decision about when to reopen Virginia."We'll be making those decisions as far as what's best for Virginia here in Virginia," he said.
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