May is bringing cautious reopenings from coronavirus lockdowns, from Beijing’s Forbidden City to shopping malls in Texas, as the grim toll from the pandemic ticks higher.
Still, analysts saw hope in the way new unemployment claims have fallen for four straight weeks. Andrew Stettner, a senior fellow at the Century Foundation, said the wave of layoffs at vulnerable businesses such as restaurants, hotels, and stores may have largely run its course.
China’s ancient, majestic Forbidden City reopened on Friday with all tickets for the May 1-5 holiday sold out, and a limit of 5,000 visitors a day, down from the earlier maximum of 80,000. The Chinese capital reopened its parks and museums, with controlled entries, about three months after hundreds of millions of people were ordered into a near lockdown as the coronavirus outbreak erupted in the central city of Wuhan.
Lacey Ward, an Omaha hairstylist, said she is worried that the Nebraska governor’s decision to let salons reopen on May 4 could put her and her family at risk. She would prefer to collect unemployment until the danger subsides.A boy wears a face mask as he bicycles on Pier 45 in Hudson River Park, Thursday evening, April 30, 2020, in New York.
Beginning Friday, Louisiana restaurants except in hard-hit New Orleans are allowed to add outdoor tables, without wait staff, in a tiny step toward normalcy during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Texas coronavirus death toll hit a single-day high of 50 Thursday as the state was preparing for a slow reboot by reopening retailers, restaurants, malls, and movie theaters to limited numbers of customers. The 119 killed over the past three days marks the state’s deadliest stretch.Malaysia will allow most business activities to resume Monday, while a ban on mass gatherings will remain, keeping schools and worship houses shut.
“The coronavirus is still out there,” he said. The app is needed to trace contacts and isolate people infected by the virus, and “We need that tool so we can open up the economy and that’s why it’s so important.”
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