NEW YORK - New Yorkers should prepare to be ordered to shelter in place in the midst of the novel coronavirus pandemic, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Tuesday afternoon. "The right guidance to give all New Yorkers is even through a decision have not yet been made by the city or by the state, I think new Yorkers should be prepared right now for the possibility for a shelter-in-place order," de Blasio said in a serious tone.
The mayor said that such a decision could come in the next 48 hours. "It is a very, very difficult decision—we want to emphasize that—it is difficult anywhere in the United States of America," de Blasio said. "It is particularly difficult in a city with such a large population, so densely populated together." An o