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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo laid out coordinated steps to "unpause" the state's economy at a press conference today.

He said this effort spans from now to when there is vaccine for coronavirus.

Cuomo said the first step is to "do no harm."

"Don't let that infection rate go up to the best of your ability. Don't lose the progress that you have made," he said.

Second, the state will need to strengthen the health care system. Cuomo said because every hospital had to increase capacity by 50% to handle the surge of coronavirus patients, it is important to ensure they have the resources to recover.

"Now we have a chance to be more intelligent, frankly, about handling our health care system," he said.

Reopening the economy will also need widespread testing and contact tracing –– something Cuomo said the federal government needs to help with.

Cuomo also outlined a plan for a phased return to "normal" and reopening of businesses and schools slowly and in coordination with each other.

"You stopped everything. How do you then restart that machine in a coordinated way that doesn't drive up the infection rate? That's the balance that we're trying to strike," Cuomo said.