New York will force all its officials to be vaccinated against the coronavirus

The city of New York, after having forced all its workers in the health and educational sector to be vaccinated, it will now impose the same mandate on the rest of the officials, who will have until Friday, October 29, to get at least the first dose of the vaccine.

This was announced this Wednesday by the mayor of New York, Bill de Blasio, in a morning radio program and in a press conference where he specified that anyone who does not get vaccinated by that date will be put on compulsory leave of absence.

“Now it is a mandate for all city agencies, for all city workers. It’s time for everyone to get vaccinated. Our public employees will take us out of the covid era “, said De Blasio.

De Blasio defended that the obligation imposed on health workers and teachers worked and insisted that it was time for other services such as the police, firefighters or transport system workers to also ensure protection against the COVID-19.

According to the official data offered by the councilor, 96% of the workers of the Health department and 95% of those of the health system have received their doses.

In addition, he pointed out that the temporary suspension of those who refused to be vaccinated did not cause interruptions in schools and hospitals.

In departments where vaccination has not been mandatory, workers who refuse to be vaccinated could until now choose to take a test for COVID-19 weekly.

Teachers and health unions took the decision of the New York councilor to court, but so far the courts have spoken in favor of the imposition of the vaccine.

San Francisco is the other big city in the country that has taken similar measures for its officials, who also have until November 1 to get vaccinated.