Mayor Urges New Yorkers To Mask Up Again [VIDEO]

The New York Times reports:

Mayor Eric Adams put his face mask on again on Tuesday and encouraged New Yorkers to do the same. Mr. Adams held a news conference at City Hall to urge residents to take precautions in the face of a winter surge of Covid-19 cases and other illnesses.

“With the holiday season in full swing and cases of Covid-19, flu and R.S.V. rising, we are asking New Yorkers to protect themselves and their loved ones once again,” Mr. Adams said.

It was the mayor’s first Covid briefing in months, and he does not typically wear a mask in public. City health officials issued an advisory earlier this month strongly recommending that people wear masks but many New Yorkers who are weary of pandemic restrictions have not complied.

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In Mayor Eric Adams’s first Covid briefing in months, he donned a mask and encouraged New Yorkers to do the same as flu, RSV and Covid cases increase throughout the city. https://t.co/V2xlOI05y7

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