ALBANY – The Capital Region can begin reopening this week, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said Sunday, after the state recalibrated the metrics needed to start reviving the economy.
The region has now met six of the seven requirements to reopen and is working to scale up its contact tracing operations to start phase one of the reopening process, Cuomo said. The region previously fell short of requirements for declining hospitalizations and deaths, but after the state shifted the timeline to hit those metrics, the Capital Region is "now qualified for reopening," the governor said.
The Capital Region must now increase the number of contact tracers in the region to start phase one, and Cuomo said the state government will work with local leaders to quickly ramp up capacity. He said the region can begin reopening as soon as officials hire 166 additional contact tracers, for a total of 383.
"There is still a need to increase tracing, the number of people who are prepared to do tracing, and that is a pure administrative function," Cuomo said.
Western New York is similarly situated to begin phase one, which includes construction, manufacturing, agriculture and curbside pickup for retailers, Cuomo said. The region needs to hire 352 additional tracers to hit a required 521.
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