New York City’s health commissioner is warning the COVID-19 risk level will likely rise from “low” to “medium” in the next few days, moving the needle for the first time since January’s omicron wave.
Infection numbers in the city have steadily increased over the past 45 days, which has brought the positivity rate to nearly 4.5%. There were more than 2,000 new cases as of Saturday.
Based on the rise of cases along, Dr. Ashwin Vasan, the city’s health commissioner, is recommending New Yorkers once again wear masks indoors.
“When you go inside to an indoor place, especially when you don’t know the vaccination status of
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