Europe 1 with AFP 4:29 p.m., December 6, 2021
Bill de Blasio, the mayor of New York announced that all employees in the private sector must be vaccinated against the coronavirus from December 27.
"We have decided to launch a preventive attack (against the coronavirus) to really do something daring to stop the progression of the Covid", he justified.
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Monday that all employees in the private sector will be subject to a coronavirus vaccination requirement starting December 27.
The councilor went further than President Joe Biden, whose vaccination obligation, which was to come into force on January 4 but is currently suspended by a court decision, only concerned employees of companies with more than 100 people.
"A preemptive attack"
"Here in New York, we have decided to launch a preemptive attack (against the coronavirus) to really do something bold to stop the progression of the Covid and the dangers it poses to all of us," said Bill of Blasio on the MSNBC channel.
He said that all "private sector employers in New York would be affected by the vaccine requirement from December 27," or some 184,000 businesses, companies and businesses.
Bill de Blasio is leaving his post on December 31
Moreover, from the same date, "New Yorkers aged 12 and over will have to show proof that they have received three doses of the vaccine", according to the mayor, who will leave his post on December 31 to be replaced. by Eric Adams, elected on November 2.
The Omicron variant of the coranavirus is now confirmed in at least 15 US states - with a few cases in New York State, the largest city in the United States particularly affected by the epidemic in 2020 with at least 34,000 deaths.