New York City will require proof of vaccination for indoor dining, working out at gyms, and other indoor activities, Mayor de Blasio is set to announce Tuesday
Photo: Andrew H Walker/Shutterstock New York City will require proof of vaccination for entry to a slew of indoor activities, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced on Tuesday. The first-in-the-nation mandate is part of the city’s efforts to incentivize vaccinations and curb the recent uptick in COVID-19 cases driven by the Delta variant.
“If you want to participate in our society fully, you’ve got to get vaccinated,” de Blasio said in a press conference on Tuesday. “Not everyone’s going to agree with this. I understand that,” he added, but the requirements will “be lifesaving.” Dining inside restaurants, working out in gyms, and attending a movie or a play will all require proof of vaccination in the form of a vaccine passport — dubbed the “Key to NYC Pass” — by the state or the city’s forthcoming app as well as the CDC card given to people when they receive a shot. Workers at such establishments will also be required to be vaccinated, de Blasio said.
The mandate announcement comes just a day after de Blasio urged the vaccinated to wear masks but stopped short of a mask mandate. About 60 percent of all New Yorkers are partially vaccinated, according to city data.
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