New York City officials on Friday said they would take more aggressive action to halt a sharp rise in coronavirus cases in Brooklyn and Queens, warning that if the outbreak continued to grow, the city might on Tuesday ban gatherings of more than 10 people and close nonessential businesses in several neighborhoods. The city has given the hot spots—which include some areas that are home to large communities of ultra-Orthodox Jewish families—until Monday night to make progress on face-mask and social-distancing compliance and...

Source: Wall Street Journal September 25, 2020 18:56 UTC