New York hospitals, group homes can accept visitors again

By Washington Examiner

Published June 17, 2020 11:00pm ET

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New York hospitals, group homes can accept visitors again — A patient wears a protective face mask as she is loaded into an ambulance at The Brooklyn Hospital Center emergency room, Wednesday, March 18, 2020, in New York. Anticipating a spike in coronavirus patients, New York City-area hospitals are clearing out beds, setting up new spaces to triage patients and urging people with mild symptoms to consult health professionals by phone or video chat instead of flooding emergency rooms that could be overrun. | (John Minchillo/AP)

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced on Tuesday that hospitals and group homes can start accepting visitors again as the state continues to emerge from the coronavirus.

It’s the latest step showing the governor is willing to relax some restrictions as the state has seen an ongoing decline since COVID-19 peaked in April.

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