City of Boston will drop COVID-19 vaccination mandate when key metrics are met – WCVB Boston

City of Boston will drop COVID-19 vaccination mandate when key metrics are met

Updated: 6:44 PM EST Feb 8, 2022

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JOHN: THE NUMBERS ARE TRENDING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. ONE OF THOSE KEY THRESHOLDS HAS ALREADY BEEN MET. >> IT HAS BEEN A ROLLER COASTER TWO YEARS. JOHN:HE T PANDEMIC HAS BEEN BRUTAL FOR BUSINESSES AND THE VACCINE MANDATE THAT WENT INTO EFFECT HAS BEEN ANOTHER HURDL E.FOR HEALTHWORKS ITHN E BACK BA THE MANDATE BROUGHT THE GYM MEOR BUSINESS. >> WE SAW AN INCREASE IN BUSINESS WHEN WE ROLLED OUT THE MANDATE. JOHN: THE MAYOR SAYS THE VACCINATION CHECKS CAN AND IF THREE KEY BENCHMARKS ARE M.ET WE ARE DOING WELL BY THE FIRST MEASURE. THE MAYOR WANTS I SEE YOU CAPACITY BELOW 95%. RIGHNOT W IT IS 91%. HOSPITALIZATNSIO ARE TOO HIGH RIGHT WNO AT 387 PER DAY. THE MAYOR AND OFFICIALS WANT THE NUMBER BOWEL 200. THE POSITIVITY RATE IS ALSO A FEW POINTS HIGHER THAN THE MAYORS 5% BENCHMARK. THE TRENDS ARE ENCOURAGING, AND POINT TO A DAY WHEN REGULATIONS WILL BE LIFD.TE >> ONCE WE ARE UNDER ALL THREE THRESHOLD, WE INTEND TO LIFT THE PROOF OF VACCINATION REQUIREMENT. JOHN: FOR NOW, THE VACCINE MANDATE STANDS. STARTING NEXT WKEE YOU WILL HAVE STOHOW PROOF YOU ARE FULLY VACCINATED TO GET INTO PLACES LI RKEESTAURANTS, GYMS A NDTHEA

City of Boston will drop COVID-19 vaccination mandate when key metrics are met

Updated: 6:44 PM EST Feb 8, 2022

Those three key benchmarks are trending in the right direction and one of those thresholds has already been met.

Those three key benchmarks are trending in the right direction and one of those thresholds has already been met.

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