New York City will be the first major U.S. city to mandate proof of COVID-19 vaccination for customers and staff at restaurants, gyms, and other indoor businesses, according to Reuters. This change comes as the U.S. enters a new phase of the pandemic and battles the Delta variant.
Officials in San Francisco and surrounding areas are again requiring people to mask up while indoors. The Delta variant has led to a major increase in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in the California Bay Area despite high levels of vaccination.
Texas and Florida are seeing a major surge in COVID-19 cases. Those two states alone account for 1 in 3 new cases, according to the White