NYC Public Hospitals Bring Back Mask Mandates

The New York Daily News reports:

With COVID, flu and other respiratory illnesses on the rise, the NYC public hospital system is bringing back masking requirements.

The mandate applies to anyone entering New York H+H hospitals, community health centers and nursing homes. It went into effect just after Christmas. “As we’ve seen an increase in COVID, flu and RSV, this is really to protect our patients, staff and the community,” said Christopher Miller, spokesman for NYC Health + Hospitals.

This most recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows New York City reached the “very high” level of respiratory illness. This is the highest level on the CDC’s scale.

Read the full article.

They’re baa-ack —
As COVID spikes in NYC, mask mandates return to city’s public hospitals: ‘An increase in COVID, flu, and RSV’

At H + H hospitals, health centers + nursing homes

COVID hospitalizations are up most in parts of Brooklyn, the Bronx, S.I.https://t.co/BCJixKbsTY

— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) January 3, 2024