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NYC requires proof of vaccination for certain activities. These are the documents you need

NYC requires proof of vaccination for certain activities. These are the documents you need
with covid 19 cases going up. The Big Apple is doubling down on vaccinations. If your unvaccinated, unfortunately you will not be able to participate. Many things. New Yorkers who want to dine indoors, dance at a nightclub or work out at a gym will have to show proof of vaccination. Starting next month, we're going to use every tool. We've got to fight the delta variant and to end the covid era once and for all in this city that means more and more vaccinations. And we know that strong clear mandates health momentum for a vaccine mandate seems to be growing. It's time to impose some requirements based on the realities of different risks unvaccinated individuals pose versus those who have been vaccinated. Meanwhile, businesses are putting in their own rules with masks. Now back at major retailers and restaurant chains across the nation cases are surging with less than half of the population fully vaccinated. The U. S. Is now averaging more than 85,000. New covid 19 cases per day. Hospitalizations topping 50,000 for the first time since February. The numbers started picking back up and the units opened back up and the respirators came back out. And it's it's like thinking you walked out of a war and being told you have to go back in. Louisiana's governor says he's expecting the state to reach a pandemic record for hospitalizations today. The most we've had in the hospital at any point in the pandemic. And yes, this is largely but not exclusively a surge among the unvaccinated one in three cases nationwide occurred in florida and texas this past week. The Sunshine State now the epicenter for the virus. But despite a surge in new cases and hospitalizations, Republican Governor Ron de Santis is doubling down on his opposition to safety measures, including masks, were not shutting down. We're going to have schools open. We're protecting every Floridians job in this state. We're protecting people, small businesses
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NYC requires proof of vaccination for certain activities. These are the documents you need
New York City's newly announced vaccine mandate for certain indoor activities raises questions for visitors about meeting the new requirements.The Key to NYC pass, announced Tuesday by New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, will require vaccination for workers and customers for indoor dining, indoor fitness facilities and indoor entertainment facilities such as performance spaces and movie theaters."The only way to patronize these establishments indoors will be if you're vaccinated," de Blasio said Tuesday as he announced the program.The city will be "sketching out all the details" over the next two weeks, the mayor said during a media briefing on Wednesday.Final details of the policy will be announced and implemented in the week of Aug. 16, and inspections and enforcement are slated to begin the week of Sept. 13.While all the implications of the vaccine mandates aren't clear, here's what we know so far about how they will affect visitors:How do I show proof of vaccination?The mayor said vaccination status can be communicated in three ways:1. Through showing a vaccination card, such as the ones issued by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.2. Presenting that information through the NYC COVID Safe app.3. Through the state's Excelsior Pass (which works for people vaccinated in New York state).How will international visitors prove their vaccination status?"Vaccines listed for emergency use by the World Health Organization (WHO) are acceptable, and visitors can show their vaccine record from the place where it was administered," Laura Feyer, a spokesperson for the mayor's office, said via email.The information from those vaccination cards can also be entered into the NYC COVID Safe App, Feyer said.WHO has listed the Pfizer/BioNTech, Astrazeneca-SK Bio, Serum Institute of India, Janssen (Johnson & Johnson), Moderna, Sinopharm and Sinovac vaccines for emergency use.Travel to the United States from Brazil, China, the European Schengen Area, India, Iran, Ireland, South Africa and the United Kingdom is not currently permitted. Exemptions are available for U.S. citizens, family members or permanent residents.Do I have to be fully vaccinated?Just one dose is required for entry, de Blasio said Tuesday.He reiterated on Wednesday that "even the first dose gets you in the game."Can kids younger than 12 who are not yet eligible for vaccination enter these indoor spaces?"Of course," de Blasio said during a media briefing Wednesday. "We want families to be together. The smart thing to do — keep masks on your kids, except for when they're eating and drinking obviously."Where will unvaccinated visitors eat their meals?"Outdoor dining," Feyer said, noting that the city is still working on the specifics of the vaccine mandates.

New York City's newly announced vaccine mandate for certain indoor activities raises questions for visitors about meeting the new requirements.

The Key to NYC pass, announced Tuesday by New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, will require vaccination for workers and customers for indoor dining, indoor fitness facilities and indoor entertainment facilities such as performance spaces and movie theaters.

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"The only way to patronize these establishments indoors will be if you're vaccinated," de Blasio said Tuesday as he announced the program.

The city will be "sketching out all the details" over the next two weeks, the mayor said during a media briefing on Wednesday.

Final details of the policy will be announced and implemented in the week of Aug. 16, and inspections and enforcement are slated to begin the week of Sept. 13.

While all the implications of the vaccine mandates aren't clear, here's what we know so far about how they will affect visitors:

How do I show proof of vaccination?

The mayor said vaccination status can be communicated in three ways:

1. Through showing a vaccination card, such as the ones issued by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

2. Presenting that information through the NYC COVID Safe app.

3. Through the state's (which works for people vaccinated in New York state).

How will international visitors prove their vaccination status?

"Vaccines listed for emergency use by the World Health Organization (WHO) are acceptable, and visitors can show their vaccine record from the place where it was administered," Laura Feyer, a spokesperson for the mayor's office, said via email.

The information from those vaccination cards can also be entered into the NYC COVID Safe App, Feyer said.

WHO has listed the Pfizer/BioNTech, Astrazeneca-SK Bio, Serum Institute of India, Janssen (Johnson & Johnson), Moderna, Sinopharm and Sinovac vaccines for emergency use.

Travel to the United States from Brazil, China, the European Schengen Area, India, Iran, Ireland, South Africa and the United Kingdom is not currently permitted. Exemptions are available for U.S. citizens, family members or permanent residents.

Do I have to be fully vaccinated?

Just one dose is required for entry, de Blasio said Tuesday.

He reiterated on Wednesday that "even the first dose gets you in the game."

Can kids younger than 12 who are not yet eligible for vaccination enter these indoor spaces?

"Of course," de Blasio said during a media briefing Wednesday. "We want families to be together. The smart thing to do — keep masks on your kids, except for when they're eating and drinking obviously."

Where will unvaccinated visitors eat their meals?

"Outdoor dining," Feyer said, noting that the city is still working on the specifics of the vaccine mandates.