NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams introduced Sunday {that a} dramatic drop in coronavirus infections may result in the lifting of vaccine mandates on eating places, bars and theaters as quickly as March 7.
His announcement got here shortly after Gov. Kathy Hochul announced her own plans to lift the state’s mask mandate on schools, effective Wednesday.
“I am completely happy to listen to it, if we are able to get away with it scientifically as a result of I feel, boy, we have to restart New York all the best way,” resident Tom Fountain informed CBS2’s Thalia Perez.
Adams mentioned town would additionally elevate the masks mandate on about 1 million of town’s schoolchildren within the nation’s largest faculty system.
Adams mentioned Sunday {that a} choice will not come till Friday, after a full week of lessons after college students return from a weeklong trip.
Adams mentioned if tendencies proceed, he would additionally elevate different measures, together with getting rid of proof of vaccination necessities at eating places, bars and different indoor public locations.
“On the finish of this week, we’ll consider the numbers and make a ultimate announcement on Friday. If we see no unexpected spikes and our numbers proceed to indicate a low stage of threat, New York Metropolis will take away the indoor masks mandate for public faculty kids, efficient subsequent Monday, March 7,” he mentioned.
“Moreover, New York Metropolis’s numbers proceed to go down day after day, so, so long as COVID indicators present a low stage of threat and we see no surprises this week, on Monday, March 7 we will even elevate Key2NYC necessities. This can give enterprise homeowners the time to adapt and can permit us to make sure we’re making the very best public well being choices for the folks of New York.”
