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“#’Sweet 16′ party becomes ‘superspreader’ event in New York<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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A 16th birthday party in New York state became a super-spreader event with dozens of attendees contracting coronavirus, according to officials.<\/p>\n

The September 25 shindig at the plush Miller Place Inn on Long Island left 37 people infected with COVID-19 and forced more than 270 into quarantine.<\/p>\n

Over 80 people attended the party, known as a “Sweet 16” in the United States, well above the state’s 50-person limit. The venue has been closed temporarily and fined $12,000, local officials said.<\/p>\n

“We’ve never seen a super-spreader event like this before in Suffolk County,” tweeted the area’s county executive on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

“People have to act responsibly so that we do not have another economic setback.”<\/p>\n

New York state has largely kept coronavirus under control in recent months after 33,000 residents died from the virus, mainly in the spring.<\/p>\n

But in recent weeks, infections have multiplied in some areas, especially in neighborhoods with large Orthodox Jewish populations.<\/p>\n

Governor Andrew Cuomo closed non-essential businesses and capp<\/a>ed places of worship at ten people in the so-called red zones.<\/p>\n

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio defended the measures on Thursday, citing tightened restrictions in Europe where cases are on the rise.<\/p>\n

“If for a few weeks we’re asking people to do something exceptional to help stop a problem from growing and stop it from spreading, I think that’s fair,” he said.\n <\/p>\n\n

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