NYC Health + Hospitals employees and clinical staff at the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene as of Aug. 2 will be required to either get vaccinated against the coronavirus or be tested weekly, a mandate that could set a precedent for other city workers including educators, Mayor de Blasio announced July 21.
As this newspaper went to press five days later, he announced that the requirement would be extended effective Sept. 13 to all other municipal workers, "people who work in offices and people who work on the front lines."
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