COVID-19: Hard hit New York City begins reopening as infection rate falls

A Metropolitan Transportation Authority worker cleans a subway car during the morning commute, as phase one of reopening after lockdown begins. REUTERS/Brendan McDermidNEW YORK: Exactly 100 days after the first coronavirus case was confirmed in New York City, some workers began returning to jobs on Monday at the start of reopening from a citywide shutdown to battle the epidemic that killed nearly 22,000 of its residents.

An MTA New York City Subway conductor wears a protective face mask on the first day of New York City's phase one reopening during the outbreak of the coronavirus. REUTERS/Mike Segar As some 400,000 workers head back to 32,000 construction sites, wholesale and manufacturing centres and some retail sites across the city, de Blasio urged them to wear face masks and use social distancing to keep COVID-19 cases on a downward trend - particularly those who use mass transit to get to work.Subway rider Jim Duke, who commutes from the New York suburb of Putnam County, said normally packed trains had few enough riders to accommodate social distancing from other commuters.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo exits a subway station after riding a #7 subway train in Manhattan on the first day of New York City's phase one reopening. REUTERS/Mike Segar

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