NEW YORK -- New York City will require municipal workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19 by mid-September or face weekly testing, Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Monday, as authorities nationwide have
ramped up vaccine promotion to try to stem a wave of infections caused by the Delta variant.
The highly transmissible Delta variant of COVID-19, which was first found in India earlier this year, has quickly driven up infections across the United States after the country enjoyed a drop-off in cases and hospitalizations when vaccines became widely available in the spring. Just under 50 per cent of the U.S. population is fully vaccinated, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention .
Some 57 medical associations on Monday published a statement calling for all healthcare and long-term care employers in the United States to require their employees to get vaccinated, calling it "the logical fulfillment of the ethical commitment of all healthcare workers to put patients as well as residents of long-term care facilities first."
De Blasio cited the Delta variant as the city's reason for moving beyond promoting voluntary vaccination.
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