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New Yorkers Must Show Proof of Full Vaccination to Enter Restaurants, Fitness Centers, and Entertainment Venues: Starting Today

New Yorkers Must Show Proof of Full Vaccination to Enter Restaurants, Fitness Centers, and Entertainment Venues: Starting Today

By Yehudit Garmaise

New Yorkers who are older than 12-years-old will be required, starting today, to show proof of two vaccination shots to enter restaurants, fitness centers, and indoor entertainment venues. 

Children ages 5 to 11 years-old must show proof that they received one dose of a vaccine to enter many businesses.

Acceptable proofs of vaccination include vaccination cards that were issued by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the New York State Excelsior pass.

Since Aug. 17, New Yorkers have had to show proof of only one vaccination shot, as per the Key to NYC Program of Mayor Bill de Blasio, who said yesterday that than 14,000 New Yorkers tested positive for COVID.

While recipients of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines must show proof of two shots, New Yorkers who received the one-shot Johnson & Johnson are considered “fully vaccinated” with just one shot.

Also starting today, private businesses in New York City must require their employees to have received at least one COVID vaccine dose. 

As part of the mandate, which applies to approximately 184,000 businesses, employers will be expected to post signs that say that they are in compliance with the mandate, and business owners must keep on hand, in case of inspections, detailed records of their workers' vaccination statuses, as posted on the city's Department of Health website.

"We didn't know Omicron was going to be quite this intense, but we knew it was coming," the mayor said this morning. "If we want to avoid shutdowns, we have to get everyone vaccinated. COVID is bad for health, but it is also bad for business."

"Patients who are in the intentive care units are 100% not vaccinated," said Irwin Redlener, MD, a pediatrician who advises the mayor. "The mayor is trying to protect you."

Businesses that do not comply will face fines that start at $1,000, but Mayor de Blasio has said that “he expects a lot of cooperation from local businesses who want to keep their employers and customers safe and healthy.”


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