Is N.Y.C. Doing Enough to Slow 3rd Virus Wave? Experts Raise Doubts.
On Wednesday, the city announced that all public hospital employees must be vaccinated or face weekly coronavirus testing.
The city’s new policy only applies to the more than 40,000 employees of the city’s public hospital system and some workers at the Department of Health. Credit...Erin Schaff/The New York Times
July 21, 2021, 7:28 p.m. ET
Mayor Bill de Blasio announced on Wednesday that some city employees who aren’t vaccinated will soon be required to get a weekly coronavirus test.
Though far short of mandating vaccinations, the new policy was still notable: It was City Hall’s first effort to pressure a group of city workers to get vaccinated by inconveniencing those who did not.