boosters needed, all of the masks needed, all of the protection needed. are you afraid that some states and cities are moving too quickly to loosen indoor mask mandates? well, you know, it s, i committed that i would follow the science, and the science say as put forward by the cdc, and the federal people, and i think it s probably premature, but it s now, it s a tough call. at least 3,000 municipal workers in new york city must show proof of covid vaccination or face termination starting today. that equates to less than 1% of the city s work force but it is still believed to be the largest worker reduction in the nation, in response to a vaccine mandate. the new york city mayor eric adams says people who choose to be unvaccinated won t be fired but effectively quitting. so far about 95% of the city s 370,000 workers have received at
channel 3 eyewitness news. i anchored eyewitness news with dennis house. remember that? he s still there. i know. thank you for joining us, governor. at least 3,000 municipal workers in new york city must show proof of covid vaccination or face termination starting today. that equates to less than 1 percent of the city s workforce but is still believed to be the largest worker reduction in the natio in response to a vaccine mandate. new york city mayor eric adams says if people who choose to remain unvaccinated lose their jobs, they won t be fired. they will effectively be quitting. so far about 95 percent of the city s 370,000 workers have received at least one dose of the vaccine. all right. garrett haake, thank you very much for being on this morning. what are you looking at today? congress is out. we will see if they re able to
that s right, ana. it sounds like a lot but it s less than 1%. new york city has more than 370,000 municipal workers and the vast majority of them did go ahead and get vaccinated as required under this mandate that former mayor bill de blasio announced in the fall. he said our public employees are going to lusd ead us out of the covid era. he said he wants these workers to keep their jobs, but you have to follow the city s vaccine requirements if you want to keep your job. he said we re not firing them. people are quitting. if you were not following the rules, you are making that decision. so as i mentioned, most of these workers have gotten the shot and these ones who may be fired if they don t rush and get that shot today, these are employees who have not been working. they ve been on unpaid leave since november. city services aren t expected to be affected because they ve already been on leave and it s such a small number. we are seeing protests. you see that outside city hall.
the united nations says around 370,000 ukrainian have now fled the war to neighbouring countries including moldova, hungary, slovakia and romania. the majority have crossed into poland with at least 200,000 arriving there since thursday. 0ur europe correspondent mark lowen is in south eastern poland near its border with ukraine. a chain of solidarity, from poland to ukraine. near the border, the donations kept coming. everything europe s new refugees would need, given by poles from across the country. volunteers like kamila, stunned by what is happening to their neighbours. i m really touched. i don t have words in my mouth to explain how happy i am to see all of my citizens, all of my, all the polish people who want to help,
you will of vladimir putin, and the one we re talking about today is a man whose moniker or nickname if you will is darth vader. so when you think about this a little bit more broadly, this isn t just hitting the russian economy. this is actually hitting president putin very, very close to home. alex? yikes with that darth vader moniker. anyway, very comprehensive reporting. thank you so much hadley gamble joining us from moscow. also, the wall street journal is now reporting that fedex and ups have suspended shipments into roirn. the action reportedly being taken out of concern for the safety of its employees. the shipping company already stopped service to ukraine. ukrainians are flooding into neighboring countries as russia continues their assault. the united nations says there are nearly 370,000 refugees leaving the country, almost half of them in poland alone. nbc s kelly kobier is in the east of poland there.