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| ‘We are ready’: NYC mayor says city to fully reopen on July 1 | ‘We are ready’: NYC mayor says city to fully reopen on July 1 |
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| Mayor Bill de Blasio plans to fully reopen New York City on July 1, with no more restrictions on businesses. | Mayor Bill de Blasio plans to fully reopen New York City on July 1, with no more restrictions on businesses. |
| “We are ready for stores to open, for businesses to open, offices, theaters – full strength,” de Blasio told MSNBC’s Morning Joe on Thursday, citing the pace of the vaccination campaign in America’s most populous city. | “We are ready for stores to open, for businesses to open, offices, theaters – full strength,” de Blasio told MSNBC’s Morning Joe on Thursday, citing the pace of the vaccination campaign in America’s most populous city. |
| “This is going to be the summer of New York City. You're going to see amazing activities, cultural activities coming back. I think people are going to flock to New York City, because they want to live again,” he predicted. | “This is going to be the summer of New York City. You're going to see amazing activities, cultural activities coming back. I think people are going to flock to New York City, because they want to live again,” he predicted. |
| The mayor asked New Yorkers to remain “smart” about public health issues, but said he was confident that life could be brought back on track to normalcy soon. | The mayor asked New Yorkers to remain “smart” about public health issues, but said he was confident that life could be brought back on track to normalcy soon. |
| De Blasio said he believed that vaccine hesitancy in New York was more a matter of convenience than a matter of ideology and thus will not prevent the city from reaching a point where Covid-19 would have “no room to run anymore.” | De Blasio said he believed that vaccine hesitancy in New York was more a matter of convenience than a matter of ideology and thus will not prevent the city from reaching a point where Covid-19 would have “no room to run anymore.” |
| Covid-19 infections have been on the decline in New York City since a small surge in late March, with rolling daily average cases approaching the 1,700 benchmark this week. The city also introduced Covid-19 passports this month, the first region in the country to do so. The system is supposed to give people with a vaccination or a recent negative test access to public venues. | Covid-19 infections have been on the decline in New York City since a small surge in late March, with rolling daily average cases approaching the 1,700 benchmark this week. The city also introduced Covid-19 passports this month, the first region in the country to do so. The system is supposed to give people with a vaccination or a recent negative test access to public venues. |
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