Returning to normal: New York's plan to gradually re-open

President Donald Trump announced new guidelines Thursday evening in an effort to re-open the United States.

The federal plan comes in three phases.

ONE MONTH WE'LLCONTINUE TO CLOSEDOWN POLICES.

WHATHAPPENS AFTER THEN?I DON'T KNOWTHE LIFE WE HABEEN GETTING USEDTO OVER THESE LASTFEW WEEKS WILL BEOUR REALITY FOR ATLEAST ANOTHERMONTHGOOD EVENINGGOVERNOR CUOMOHAS EXTENDED THESTATEWIDE PAUSE ACTUNTIL AT LEAST MAY15THTHAT MEANS NON-ESSENTIALBUSINESSES WILL BECLOSED FOR SEVERALMORE WEEKS -- ANDSTAY AT HOMEORDERS WILL REMAININ PLACE.NIKKI DEMENTRI TELUS HOW THIS PLANDIFFERS FROM WHATMIGHT BE HAPPENINGIN OTHER PARTS OFTHE COUNTRY."EXPERTS NOW AGREETHAT WE CAN BEGINTHE NEXT FRONT INOUR WAR, WHICH WEARE CALLING OPENINGUP AMERICA AGAIN."PRESIDENT TRUMPANNOUNCED NEWGUIDELINES TO BRINGTHINGS BACK TONORMAL.HIS PLAN COMES INTHREE PHASES"WE ARE NOT OPENINGALL AT ONCE, BUT ONECAREFUL STEP AT ATIME."THESE ARE JUSTGUIDELINES -- NOT ANORDER.STATES CAN FOLLOWTHEIR OWN PLANS TORE-OPEN.NEW YORK STAREMAINS "ON PAUSE"UNTIL MAY 15TH."WHAT HAPPENS AFTERTHEN?

I DON'T KNOW.WE WILL SEEDEPENDING ON WHATTHE DATA SHOWS."GOVERNOR CUOMO'"BLUEPRINT" INVOLVES"REDUCING THE RATEOF INFECTION,"WORKING WITH THEALTHCARE SYSTEMAND INCREASINGTESTING WHILESLOWLY OPENING UPTHE ECONOMY."THIS IS GOING TO BE AMOMENT OFTRANSFORMATION FORSOCIETY.

AND WE PAIDA VERY HIGH PRICEFOR IT, BUT HOW DOWE LEARN THELESSONS SO THIS NEWNORMAL IS A BETTNEW YORK?""N: WE HAVE ANOTHERMONTH AT LEAST OFTHE PAUSE ORDER.

DOYOU THINK IT'S GOINGTO BE A MONTH ANDWE START REOPENINGTHINGS?R: I THINK IT'S HARD TOSAY.

I HOPE ACTUALLYTHAT IT'LL BE SOONERTHAN THAT."DR. THOMAS RUSSOSAYS WE CAN ONLYSTART TO RE-OPENONCE THE INFECTIONRATE NEARS ZERO.HE AGREES WITH ATIERED RE-OPENINPLAN."IF WE REOPEN NOWAND STARTED TOEXPAND OUR BEHAVIORIN TERMS OF THPRE-CORONAVIRUSSITUATION, I THINK ITWILL BE ALMOINEVITABLE TO HAVE ARESURGENCE OFCASES."ONCE INFECTIONNUMBERS ARE DOWN,DR. RUSSO SAYSTESTING NEEDS TO BERAMPED USIGNIFICANTLY TOENSURE THERE ISN'T ASECOND WAVE."IT'S DIFFICULT TOPREDICT EXACTLYWHEN WE'LL BE ABTO RAMP UP TESTINGTO THE MAGNITUDE TODO WHAT'S NEEDED TOGET US BACKSOMEWHAT ON TRACK."HE SAYS WHENTHINGS ARE OPENEDBACK UP -- WESHOULD STILLPRACTICE MODIFIEDHEALTH MEASURETHOSE INCLUDEWEARING A MASK --LIMITING CROWDSIZES -- AND SOCIADISTANCING."SO MAYBE STEP ONE:OPENING CERTAINTYPES OF BUSINESSESSUCH AS MAYBEBARBER SHOPS ANDSALONS WITH MASKINGOF EVERYONEINVOLVED FOREXAMPLE AND IF THATGOES WELL, THEN WECAN MOVE ON."DR RUSSO SEES THISBEING THE NEWREALITY UNTIL AVACCINE COMESALONG.THAT'S NOTEXPECTED FOR 12-18MO