New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Saturday government-funded schools will stay shut for the remainder of the school year as the city fights the episode of the novel coronavirus.

"Revealing to you that we can't bring our schools back for the rest of this school year is excruciating, however, I can likewise disclose to you it is the proper activity," he told a news meeting.

De Blasio had requested government-funded schools shut starting March 16 to control the spread of the infection, with an underlying objective of reviving by April 20. In any case, the chairman said it before long turned out to be certain that the dating objective was unreasonable as the city developed as a significant US coronavirus problem area.