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Newsom declined to offer a timeline on when the order might be lifted, but he told reporters that if the six requirements are met by the first week of May, “ask me the question then.” However, he cautioned that lifting the order too early could have dire consequences if the virus begins to spread rapidly.

Ultimately, he said, society will have to remain vigilant at least until there is a vaccine for Covid-19, which is unlikely to be discovered and produced before 2021.

California’s relatively early and strict response to the outbreak appears to have paid off. While hundreds have died, it’s managed to avoid the situation of New York state, which has more confirmed Covid-19 cases than any country outside of the U.S. 

However, the stringent measures have come with consequences for the state of nearly 40 million people. California processed about 2.3 million unemployment insurance claims in the four weeks leading up to April 9, Newsom said last week, which is more than the total number of claims filed in 2019.

On Monday, Newsom along with Washington Gov. Jay Inslee and Oregon Gov. Kate Brown announced a regional partnership to coordinate the reopening of the West Coast. In the northeast, seven other states, including New York and New Jersey, the two hardest-hit states by the coronavirus, announced a similar plan to coordinate reopening.

With the exception of Massachusetts, all ten states actively developing plans to reopen are led by Democratic governors.

Announcements about the pacts to coordinate plans came after Republican President Donald Trump declared any decision on reopening the economy was up to him. The White House is preparing its own plans which are expected to be announced later this week.