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| Coronavirus in N.Y.: Inside New Rochelle’s ‘Containment Area’ | Coronavirus in N.Y.: Inside New Rochelle’s ‘Containment Area’ |
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| NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. — At about 8:45 a.m. on Thursday, a truck pulled up outside a community center on Lincoln Avenue, evidence that life in New York’s first “containment area” — a one-mile radius at the heart of the state’s coronavirus outbreak — had changed. | NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. — At about 8:45 a.m. on Thursday, a truck pulled up outside a community center on Lincoln Avenue, evidence that life in New York’s first “containment area” — a one-mile radius at the heart of the state’s coronavirus outbreak — had changed. |
| Half a dozen members of the National Guard, in their military fatigues, emerged from the center and began unloading pallets of food from the truck. | Half a dozen members of the National Guard, in their military fatigues, emerged from the center and began unloading pallets of food from the truck. |
| Rules for the containment zone went into effect in this Westchester County city on Thursday, | Rules for the containment zone went into effect in this Westchester County city on Thursday, |
| marking the start of a new phase in the country’s response to the virus. | marking the start of a new phase in the country’s response to the virus. |
| Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo created the zone earlier this week, hoping to curb the spread of the virus in Westchester, where there were 121 positive cases as of Wednesday. Many of those patients are connected in some way to a synagogue at the center of the containment zone. | Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo created the zone earlier this week, hoping to curb the spread of the virus in Westchester, where there were 121 positive cases as of Wednesday. Many of those patients are connected in some way to a synagogue at the center of the containment zone. |
| The National Guard was called in primarily to assist this small city of about 80,000, five miles north of New York City’s border, with tasks like delivering food, and cleaning and sanitizing public facilities and buildings. | The National Guard was called in primarily to assist this small city of about 80,000, five miles north of New York City’s border, with tasks like delivering food, and cleaning and sanitizing public facilities and buildings. |
| The meals and food being unloaded by the Guard at the community center, the New Rochelle Community Action Program, will be repurposed as school lunches for the nearly 3,000 students whose classes have been canceled for the next two weeks, and who qualify for free or reduced meals. | The meals and food being unloaded by the Guard at the community center, the New Rochelle Community Action Program, will be repurposed as school lunches for the nearly 3,000 students whose classes have been canceled for the next two weeks, and who qualify for free or reduced meals. |
| Pancake mix, bags of long grain rice, cream of mushroom soup and tomato sauce, as well as ingredients for individual packed breakfasts and lunches, were unloaded by the Guard and bundled into the community center. | |
| Inside, a team of volunteers began to sort the items into paper bags, to set them up on tables deliberately kept six feet apart. Families will arrive later to pick the packages up, no more than three at a time to prevent contagion. | Inside, a team of volunteers began to sort the items into paper bags, to set them up on tables deliberately kept six feet apart. Families will arrive later to pick the packages up, no more than three at a time to prevent contagion. |
| “It’s a relief in a sense that we are going to have food, that we are not going to do these deliveries alone,” said Daniel Bonnet, the community center’s director. “But it doesn’t defeat the fact that the virus is here.” | “It’s a relief in a sense that we are going to have food, that we are not going to do these deliveries alone,” said Daniel Bonnet, the community center’s director. “But it doesn’t defeat the fact that the virus is here.” |
| Inside the containment area, no large gatherings are permitted for the next two weeks; a dozen schools (public, private and religious), as well as community centers, several houses of worship and at least one country club are to be shut. | Inside the containment area, no large gatherings are permitted for the next two weeks; a dozen schools (public, private and religious), as well as community centers, several houses of worship and at least one country club are to be shut. |
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| Shops in the containment region can remain open, and people may come and go freely in the area with no restrictions on their movement. “You’re not containing people,” the governor said on Tuesday, in announcing the zone. “You’re containing facilities.” | Shops in the containment region can remain open, and people may come and go freely in the area with no restrictions on their movement. “You’re not containing people,” the governor said on Tuesday, in announcing the zone. “You’re containing facilities.” |
| There are now over 1,000 cases of the virus in the United States, including 216 in New York as of Wednesday afternoon. The state’s total is the country’s third highest after Washington and California. The measures taken in New Rochelle could be a precursor for similar, perhaps more restrictive, measures across the country. | There are now over 1,000 cases of the virus in the United States, including 216 in New York as of Wednesday afternoon. The state’s total is the country’s third highest after Washington and California. The measures taken in New Rochelle could be a precursor for similar, perhaps more restrictive, measures across the country. |
| New Rochelle “is the single most troubling area in the state,” Governor Cuomo said at the news conference on Tuesday, adding that the containment area was created to “stop large gatherings where you have a large cluster of people who are infected. It’s called common sense.” | New Rochelle “is the single most troubling area in the state,” Governor Cuomo said at the news conference on Tuesday, adding that the containment area was created to “stop large gatherings where you have a large cluster of people who are infected. It’s called common sense.” |
| A new center to test for the disease is being set up in New Rochelle, part of the state’s effort to drastically increase testing capacity; the administration is working to get more than two dozen private labs to also begin testing for Covid-19. | A new center to test for the disease is being set up in New Rochelle, part of the state’s effort to drastically increase testing capacity; the administration is working to get more than two dozen private labs to also begin testing for Covid-19. |
| A few miles outside the containment zone, nurses and other health professionals bustled in and out of an incident command center that the state had set up last week in the city’s downtown area. | |
| Next to a big, handwritten poster that said, “We Got This!” the workers picked up N-95 masks and test kits with swabs and vials for samples. In three-person teams, they left the Westchester County Health Department’s office on Huguenot Street on Thursday, and headed out to addresses of people who had called in to request testing. | |
| Elsewhere around town, school officials spent Wednesday delivering a few dozen loaner laptops to some of the over 5,000 public school students affected by the closure. The first batch of laptops was piled into a hatchback car owned by Amy Moselhi, the president of the school board; they were dropped off at the students’ doors. | |
| The school district is not creating a remote curriculum during the furlough, but will issue grade-specific schoolwork much like a summer reading list, according to Laura Feijóo, the schools superintendent. | The school district is not creating a remote curriculum during the furlough, but will issue grade-specific schoolwork much like a summer reading list, according to Laura Feijóo, the schools superintendent. |
| “We will make these two weeks count structurally,” Dr. Feijóo said, “and that students are educated and engaged while we deal with this worldwide crisis.” | “We will make these two weeks count structurally,” Dr. Feijóo said, “and that students are educated and engaged while we deal with this worldwide crisis.” |
| For the rest of the city, even within the circular containment zone, life in the shadow of the outbreak continued, but at an abnormal pace. | For the rest of the city, even within the circular containment zone, life in the shadow of the outbreak continued, but at an abnormal pace. |
| Down the block from Young Israel of New Rochelle, the synagogue linked to many of the cases, restaurants on North Avenue were nearly empty; among the few people standing at bus stops or walking down the sidewalks nearby, a few face masks could be spotted. | Down the block from Young Israel of New Rochelle, the synagogue linked to many of the cases, restaurants on North Avenue were nearly empty; among the few people standing at bus stops or walking down the sidewalks nearby, a few face masks could be spotted. |
| Removed from sight were more than 100 families who are congregants of Young Israel, forced inside their homes since March 4, waiting out two weeks of self-quarantine at the direction of the Westchester County health commissioner. | Removed from sight were more than 100 families who are congregants of Young Israel, forced inside their homes since March 4, waiting out two weeks of self-quarantine at the direction of the Westchester County health commissioner. |
| At New Rochelle City Hall, large shipments of a new hand sanitizer made by New York State prisoners awaited distribution to public gathering places; most shops in town have had their shelves cleaned out after a run on supplies like disinfectants and toilet paper. | At New Rochelle City Hall, large shipments of a new hand sanitizer made by New York State prisoners awaited distribution to public gathering places; most shops in town have had their shelves cleaned out after a run on supplies like disinfectants and toilet paper. |
| Across the street from the Greek Revival-style building, Alan Cohen stood inside his restaurant, AJ’s Burgers, hoping life would soon return to normal. | Across the street from the Greek Revival-style building, Alan Cohen stood inside his restaurant, AJ’s Burgers, hoping life would soon return to normal. |
| “It’s like a snowstorm, we all rush to the market,” Mr. Cohen said. “But the reality is the snow melts, it goes away and we get on with normal life.” | “It’s like a snowstorm, we all rush to the market,” Mr. Cohen said. “But the reality is the snow melts, it goes away and we get on with normal life.” |