New York City will become the first U.S city to require proof of at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine for a variety of activities - indoor dining, gym, performances etc for workers and customers.
Mayor Bill de Blasio announced yesterday that “If you want to participate in our society fully, you’ve got to get vaccinated,” he said at a news conference. “It’s time.” "This is going to be a requirement," he added.
According to NYC Health, about 66% of adults in the city are fully vaccinated as about 72% of adults has at least one dose.
Fully vaccinated people are protected against the worst outcomes of Covid-19 caused by the Delta variant, but there’s a sharp drop in the efficacy if an individual has only had one dose of a two-dose vaccine.
Mayor has been reluctant to reinstate an indoor mask mandate like other major city including Los Angeles, San Francisco and Washington, but encouraged New Yorkers to wear masks indoor on Monday.
To ensure indoor venues, people must use the city's new app, the state's Excelsior app or a paper card to show proof of vaccination. Mayor did not say for certain how to handle vaccinations like AstraZeneca or Sinovac that maybe common among international visitors.
New York City will issue a health commissioner's order and a mayoral executive order to put the vaccine mandate in place, the six weeks before enforcement begins on September.13.
The Mayor said the city is legal to move forward with these mandates even without F.D.A. approval.
I hope many people think we should put this in place as soon as possible and there should be ways to show you are vaccinated.
I am fully vaccinated and this is only way not to get yourself severely or fatal cases from coronavirus and only way not to spread to others.
PROTECT YOURSELF AND PROTECT OTHERS!!!
IT'S TIME!!!
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