Non -vaccinated people will be prohibited, from May 31
As we go to a new phase of the pandemic, certain vaccine mandates remain in place.
It is difficult not to feel like theWorse coco is behind us, as the sameAnthony Fauci, MD, one of the best cocvid advisers in the country, now says that the United States is out of "pandemic phase"But although the United States sees a coherent and significant drop in viral infections in February and March, cases go back again thanks to the BA.2 variant - an even faster omicron subvariant. According to the Centers for Disease and Control prevention (CDC), new infectionshave increased by Over 35% last week only.
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Following the previous propagation of the coronavirus, several major American cities - notably New York, San Francisco and Chicago - set up vaccination mandates for workers in 2021. But the drop in cocovio figures did not mean new mandates and some have withdrawn. Mayor of New YorkEric Adamssamepartly lifted The mandate of the city employees vaccine for athletes and professional artists in March.
Despite all this, a big city is now preparing to implement a new vaccination requirement stuck for certain workers. On April 26, the mayor of PhiladelphiaJim Kenney announced that its delaymandate for workers of the unionized city would finally take effect next month,The Philadelphia Inquirer reported. According to a press release from the city of a philadelphia, the employeesrequired by the requirement will need to have proof of at least their first dose of cemie vaccine by May 31.
Workers who have not submitted an exemption request on this date will be placed on non -vaccinated leave from June 6 Termination if they remain unvaccinated. It would not be a first for the administration, asThe Philadelphia Inquirer indicated that 13 non -unionized city employees had been dismissed not to comply with a vaccine mandate December 2021.
"As civil servants, we have the responsibility to mitigate the damage that would result from the inadvertent transmission of COVID-19 to our colleagues and to the example and to give example to other organizations and businesses," said Kenney In a press release on April 26.
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Kenney hadPlans announced for the first time Require proof of vaccination wearing for city workers in November 2021. The requirement was set up for the 2,000 non -unionized employees of the administration in December, and the requirement of workers in the unionized city was initially due Take effect in January of this year. But this part of the mandate of the vaccine was delayed, because the City has struggled to conclude agreements with four main municipal unions in the city, which represent around 24,000 employees of the unionized city.
The requirement had already been approved by unions supervising health care and sanitation workers, according toThe Philadelphia Inquirer.And on April 26, the city concluded an agreement with its police union, fixing the new deadline of May 31. Another union guarantees a later date - and the city's fire union still fights on the requirement.AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB
A panel for the International Association of Fire Fighters Local 22 should meet the city on May 4 to discuss the mandate of the vaccine. ButJoy Huertas, the spokesperson for mayor Kenney, saidThe Philadelphia Inquirer that the administration intends to implement the deadline for May for all the workers of the unionized city, whatever what happens with the fire union. "Covid-19 safe and effective vaccines are the best way to protect Philadelphians and save lives in the undergoing fight to fight this pandemic," Kenney said in his press release on April 26.
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