With a view toward staying open and protecting people from a new increase in COVID-19 infections, the Vatican mandated Dec. 23 that all employees be vaccinated against the coronavirus or show proof of having recovered from it.
Vatican mandates vaccination for most employees
States, businesses, religious groups urge court to block vaccine mandate
The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Dec. 20 that the omicron variant is now the dominant version of the coronavirus in the United States.
Court denies religious exemption on vaccine for N.Y. health care workers
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Dec. 6, 2021, that all employers in the private sector must implement COVID-19 vaccine mandates for their workers in New York as the highly transmissible omicron variant spread in the U.S.