![]() ![]() Mayor Bill de Blasio announced no plans of lockdowns or closures at city venues. Meanwhile, officials are asking residents to be “prudent” when considering holiday travel plans if they expect to come in contact with anyone “vulnerable” to the virus. He promised he would make the call before Christmas. Mayor Bill de Blasio has made it clear that the city will not go into another pandemic lockdown under his watch - but nonetheless expanded mask mandates, including for private companies, and has yet to decide whether to call off the live New Year’s Eve celebration in Times Square. “It’s also a reminder that we have to take the steps now that everybody we love is with us for the next holiday season,” Hochul said. “We don’t want to discourage people from gathering, but do what you know is smart, and keep those masks on when you’re with people if you don’t know if they’re vaccinated for sure,” Gov. With the virus’s Omicron variant surging in the five boroughs, pols and experts are raising the alarm to try to keep New Yorkers vigilant during the holiday season. ‘Tis the season for mask mandates, booster shots, travel warnings - and a massive push for COVID-19 tests. NY sees highest COVID death surge in nearly a year, data analysis reveals Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 possibly more likely to infect the vaccinated: officials New COVID variant Arcturus may be 1.2 times more infectious than Kraken strain New COVID-19 strain Arcturus may cause pink eye ![]()
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