New York City Bill de Blasio said social distancing restrictions are still necessary to contain the spread of coronavirus in the city and that everyday New Yorkers are key to making sure the virus doesn’t accelerate again.

“One false move, take our foot off the gas, we will regret it. We've got one chance … to contain this thing and then we can do a proper smart restart, and we do it too soon, I guarantee we'll regret it,” he told CNN.

De Blasio also said that the federal government has still not provided enough testing kits.

“We're creating our own tests here in New York City. We just couldn't wait any longer," the mayor said.

De Blasio said “the next phase” of coronavirus is months away.

“To get to the next phase literally means getting to the point where we know each individual person who has contracted the coronavirus, we're tracing all of their contacts, we’re doing isolation and quarantine for anyone who needs, we’re testing all the time,” he said.

Some context: The New York City Health Department is now reporting more than 3,700 “probable” Covid-19 deaths of individuals who have not been tested for the coronavirus but are presumed to be positive.

“We've all gone through hell here,” de Blasio said. "We should be honest about the full extent of this. And that bluntly, should inspire us to really get it right. This disease is ferocious.”

De Blasio also called for more help from the federal government for the country’s biggest city and encouraged Congress to pass another stimulus package.

“We're one of the economic engines of the country. We're not going to be able to provide basic services and have a normal society if we don't get help from the federal government,” he said.

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