A pedestrian walks past a public school in Kew Gardens, one of the COVID-19 hotspot areas in New York City, the United States, Oct. 6, 2020. Public and non-public schools in nine Zip Codes of New York City were closed Tuesday morning out of an abundance of caution against the COVID-19 pandemic, said Mayor Bill de Blasio at a press conference. The nine Zip Codes have seen about 3 percent positivity of coronavirus tests for seven consecutive days, said Bill de Blasio. (Xinhua/Wang Ying)
