共和党俄亥俄州州长迈克·德温(Mike DeWine)周四宣布，他正在考虑5月1日在该州分阶段重新开业的计划，尽管美国的冠状病毒疫情仍在继续，一些州延长了留在家中的命令或结成联盟，以确定重新开业的最佳时间。
唐纳德·特朗普总统表达了在美国重开企业的愿望，但表示这将由各州州长自行决定。
特朗普在周二的新闻发布会上表示:“我们的国家必须开放，而且它将会开放。它将会安全开放，并且有望很快开放——一些地区比其他地区更快。”
但是有些人担心美国开放得太早可能会导致新一轮的冠状病毒病例。众议院议长南希·佩洛西(Nancy Pelosi)在周四的电话会议上表示，“以一种不基于科学、不基于美国人民健康和福祉的方式开放经济，将是两害相权取其轻。”
食品和药物管理局局长斯蒂芬·哈恩告诉美国广播公司新闻，5月1日可能不是一个现实的目标。
“这是一个目标，显然，我们对这个目标抱有希望，”哈恩周日说，“但我认为现在就能断定我们在隧道的尽头看到了光明还为时过早。我认为现在说5月1日是否是那个日期还为时过早。”
州长德温周四在推特上表示，他重新开放该州的计划将是“渐进的”
“从5月1日开始，该州将开始分阶段重新开放州经济，”州长办公室在一份发给的声明中说新闻周刊。“该计划将在很长一段时间内以事实为导向，最大限度地降低企业主、员工及其客户的健康风险。”
“俄亥俄州人做得很好，”德温在周四的新闻发布会上说。“你们都做了出色的工作。看起来，你把曲线弄平了。”
DeWine概述了一些在工作场所缓解冠状病毒的潜在指导方针，包括定期检查个人防护设备库存、强制性面罩和6英尺的物理距离。
“从现在到5月1日，我们还有很多工作要做，因为我们想把这件事做好，”德温说。
根据DeWine办公室的数据，“俄亥俄州有8414例确诊和可能的COVID-19病例，389例确诊和可能的COVID-19死亡。总共有2331人住院，其中707人住进了重症监护室。”
俄亥俄州州长迈克·德温周四宣布了从5月1日开始在他的州重新开业的计划。贾斯汀·梅里曼/盖蒂
其他州还没有设定重新开放的最后期限，而是选择形成合作协议来决定何时放松冠状病毒的限制。
在中西部，伊利诺伊州、密歇根州、俄亥俄州、威斯康星州、明尼苏达州、印第安纳州和肯塔基州的州长已经联合起来。
“在中西部，我们受到对人民和社区的承诺的约束，”州长们在周四的联合声明中说。“我们认识到，我们的经济都是相互依赖的，我们必须共同努力，让它们安全地重新开放，让勤劳的人们能够重返工作岗位，让企业能够重新站稳脚跟。”
纽约和新泽西是受冠状病毒影响最严重的两个州，也在考虑何时重新开放。除了康涅狄格州、宾夕法尼亚州、特拉华州和罗德岛州，各州政府还成立了一个多州委员会，计划逐步重新开放。
OHIO WILL BEGIN REOPENING BUSINESSES IN PHASES STARTING MAY 1 AS STATES PLAN LIFTING CORONAVIRUS RESTRICTIONS
Republican Ohio Governor Mike DeWine announced Thursday that he was looking at plans to reopen businesses in the state in phases on May 1 even as the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S. continues, with some states extending stay-at-home orders or forming alliances to determine the best time to reopen.
President Donald Trump has expressed his desire to reopen businesses in the U.S. but has said that that will happen at the discretion of state governors.
"Our country has to get open and it will get open," Trump said during a Tuesday news conference, "and it'll get open safely and hopefully quickly—some areas quicker than other areas."
But some fear opening the U.S. too early may lead to another round of new coronavirus cases. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said in a Thursday conference call that it would be "the greater of two evils to open up the economy in a way that is not science-based, that isn't based on the health and the well-being of the American people."
Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Stephen Hahn told ABC News that the May 1 date may not be a realistic goal.
"It's a target and, obviously, we're hopeful about that target," Hahn said Sunday, "but I think it's just too early to be able to tell that we see light at the end of the tunnel. I think it's just too early for us to say whether May 1 is that date."
Governor DeWine tweeted Thursday that his plan for reopening the state will be "gradual."
"Beginning May 1st, the state will begin a phased-in reopening of the state economy," Governor DeWine's office said in a statement sent to Newsweek. "The plan will be fact-driven over a long period of time to minimize the health risk to business owners, employees, and their customers."
"Ohioans have done a great job," DeWine said at a Thursday news briefing. "You have all done a phenomenal job. You have, it would appear, flattened the curve."
DeWine outlined some potential guidelines for coronavirus mitigation in the workplace, including regular checks of personal protection equipment stock, mandatory face masks and physical distancing of six feet.
"We've got a lot more work to do between now and May 1 because we want to get this right," DeWine said.
According to data from DeWine's office, there are "8,414 confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 in Ohio and 389 confirmed and probable COVID-19 deaths. A total of 2,331 people have been hospitalized, including 707 admissions to intensive care units."
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine announced plans Thursday to begin reopening businesses in his state on May 1.
Other states have not set a deadline for reopening yet, choosing instead to form cooperative pacts to decide what the right time to loosen coronavirus restrictions would be.
In the midwest, the governors of Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Indiana and Kentucky have banded together.
"Here in the Midwest, we are bound by our commitment to our people and the community," the governors said in a joint statement Thursday. "We recognize that our economies are all reliant on each other, and we must work together to safely reopen them so hardworking people can get back to work and businesses can get back on their feet."
New York and New Jersey, two of the states most impacted by coronavirus, are also considering when they can reopen. Along with Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Rhode Island, state governments have created a multi-state council to plan a gradual reopening.
"Now it is time to start opening the valve slowly and carefully while watching the infection rate meter so we don't trigger a second wave of new infections," New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said in a joint statement Tuesday. "This is not a light switch that we can just flick on and everything goes back to normal."
However, Delaware's stay at home orders are expected to last until at least May 15 or "until the public health threat is eliminated."
"We still have a situation in Delaware that is getting worse," Delaware Governor John Carney said in a Tuesday statement. "Infections of COVID-19 and hospitalizations are rising."
"At the same time, we need to look forward," Carney continued. "We need a consistent approach for moving our states out of this crisis, when that day comes."
