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New York City begins reopening as infection rate hits low
Firstpost | 09/06/2020 08:39 AM | Click to read full article
Exactly 100 days after the first coronavirus case was confirmed in New York City, some workers began returning to jobs on Monday in a first phase of reopening from a citywide shutdown to battle the epidemic that killed nearly 22,000 of its residents. People who had been staying home for months boarded subways and buses.
"This is clearly the hardest place in America to get to this moment because we're the epicenter."