NEW YORK, United States | All New York State employees will need to be vaccinated or tested regularly, while the requirement to receive an anti-COVID-19 injection will be strict for caregivers in contact with patients, Governor Andrew said on Wednesday. Cuomo.
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The announcement comes amid an increase in positive cases due to the Delta variant.
“New York State is going to require all employees in the state to be vaccinated or have regular screening tests. We are working with state unions to implement this program quickly and fairly. It will come into effect before Labor Day, ”the“ Labor Day ”which takes place on September 6, tweeted Andrew Cuomo, tying in with California, which made the same announcement this week.
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During a press conference, the governor added that this vaccination would be compulsory, without the possibility of having recourse to the option of being tested, for “the caregivers of the hospitals of the State who are in contact with patients”.
Last week, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio previously announced that he would require the city’s 300,000 public servants, including police, firefighters and teachers, to be vaccinated or tested on a weekly basis. .
On Wednesday, he added that the city would offer, from Friday, $ 100 to anyone who goes for an injection to protect themselves against the coronavirus in a center deployed by the town hall, a gift that adds to the panoply of rewards. imagined in the United States since the launch of vaccination.
According to official figures, 12 million people in New York State, the 4th most populous in the United States, have received at least one dose of the vaccine, or 62.4% of the total population and 74.7% of the population over 18, more than the national average (69% of adults in the country have received at least one dose).
For New York City alone, the number of infections has increased significantly since early July, from 200 to 250 cases per day on average to nearly 1,000 now. But the number of hospitalizations is still very low, around 20 to 30 per day in New York.
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