Many of those areas contain neighborhoods with large Hasidic populations, and the spikes are occurring in the middle of the High Holy days when many in those communities have been gathering indoors without masks. Other problems areas include Midwood (5.05 percent), Kew Gardens (4.18 percent), Edgemere/Far Rockaway (4.03 percent), Borough Park (3.9 percent), Bensonhurst/Mapleton (3.45 percent), Sheepshead Bay (3.34 percent), Flatlands/Midwood (3.1 percent) and Williamsburg (1.55 percent). The increase in positive COVID cases was largest in the Gravesend/Homecrest area, where the positivity rate hit 6.42 percent Friday. The Health Department said that there will be regular inspections of all non-public schools within the cluster area and adjacent zip codes, and enforcement staff will be increased in order to ensure that mask and social distancing compliance remains in place. "The immediate scaling back of activities" would apply only to the affected ZIP codes, not citywide, the health department said Thursday evening - and could include bans of gatherings of 10 or more people, mask fines, private school and child care center closures and shuttering all non-essential businesses again. The clusters have seen such alarming growth in the past week - and again over the past few days - that the health department says reopening rollbacks may be implemented for the first time in the city's recovery period if progress is not made. If this growth continues, it will turn into widespread transmission potentially citywide." "We will move as swiftly as the situation warrants. "This may be the most precarious moment that we're facing since we have emerged from lockdown," Chokshi said, warning the clusters could soon evolve into widespread transmission. In the brief time he spoke, Chokshi made it clear that the situation is dire. Dave Chokshi, lasted less than 20 minutes it's unclear if the heckler affected the timing. The briefing, which also included Department of Health & Mental Hygiene Dr. "I will not allow the lies to be given out!"Ī heckler interrupted doctors giving updates on COVID-19 spikes in Brooklyn. "When a man lies, you have to be interrupted," Tischler exclaimed. Later he erupted again at Test & Trace Director Ted Long, challenging the validity of test results. The mayor's office tried to get Tischler to put a mask on but he repeatedly refused, saliva visibly spewing out as he yelled. The heckler identified himself as Heshy Tischler, a regular on the anti-mask, anti-crowd restriction circuit, and repeatedly interrupted President and Chief Executive Officer of NYC Health + Hospitals Mitchell Katz, calling him a "filthy animal" as he discussed COVID safety. The largest cluster of four neighborhoods has been dubbed "The Ocean Parkway Cluster " if no progress is made on positivity rates by Monday evening, non-essential businesses could be closed along with day caresĪ screaming, unmasked heckler interrupted the start - and later additional parts - of a briefing by health officials in Brooklyn Friday as they provided an update on emerging COVID clusters there and in Queens that have become so severe they may prompt the first new shutdowns in New York City in months."This may be the most precarious moment that we're facing since we have emerged from lockdown," health chief Dave Chokshi said Friday.NYC is eyeing new shutdowns for the first time in months to try to contain new clusters in some parts, positivity rates have hit 6 percent.
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