US commemorates coronavirus victims

All public and private buildings in New York City, where 15,302 people have died so far, lowered flags indefinitely, and a moment of silence was declared.

Report's special correspondent says that cars beeped and ships whistled.

Under the decree, signed by New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio, flags will be in the state at half-staff in memory of those who died of the coronavirus until the end of the state of emergency.

According to the head of the local government, In New York, 60 percent of pandemic victims are registered in hospitals, 22 percent in homes, while 18 percent in nursing homes or social services, the head of the local government said.

Meanwhile, the governor of the US state of New Jersey Phil Murphy signed an executive order directing all flags in the state to be lowered to half-staff "indefinitely" in honor of the lives lost during the coronavirus pandemic in the US.

"This is one of the greatest tragedies for our country," he said.