New York mandates vaccines for all museums
New York City plans to issue a mandate that all those who wish to visit its museums and other cultural institutions must be vaccinated against Covid-19.
The policy will require vaccinations for visitors to the city’s museums, concert halls, aquariums, and zoos, a city official told The New York Times.
Children under the age of 12, who are not yet eligible for the vaccine, will be urged to wear a mask and must visit the institutions along with a vaccinated person.
The City Hall official told the paper that they plan to spend $10m on a media campaign to inform New Yorkers and tourists of the new requirements.
Museums and arts groups operating in buildings or on land owned by the city, 33 in total are members of what’s called the Cultural Institutions Group, have been in talks with the city government’s Department of Cultural Affairs.
There was broad agreement among those organisations, as well as others not operating on city-owned property, that a vaccination requirement should be instituted.
“Everyone wants their audiences and their employees to be safe,†the executive director of the advocacy group New Yorkers for Culture & Art, Lucy Sexton, toldThe New York Times.
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