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From YouTube: COVID-19 Update
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Boston Mayor Kim Janey hosts a media availability to discuss updates relating to COVID-19.
B
For
regular
testing
mandate
for
city
workers,
this
policy
requires
that
all
city
of
boston,
employees,
contractors
and
volunteers
provide
proof
of
vaccination
or
a
negative
test
result.
The
first
phase
of
implementation
began
on
september
20th,
with
a
public
with
public-facing
workers
who
interact
with
high
priority
residents
like
our
children
and
seniors.
B
B
As
of
yesterday
september,
twenty
ninth
thirteen
thousand
three
hundred
and
thirty
two
city
employees
have
verified
their
vaccination
status
or
negative
covet
19
test
results.
B
Hr
staff
and
contractors
are
currently
processing
hundreds
of
additional
submissions
to
complete
verification
of
the
employees
included
in
phase
one
employees
experiencing
difficulty
with
uploading
their
verification
status
or
those
who
have
questions
about
their
access.
Boston
account
should
visit
the
access
boston
portal
help
at
boston.gov.
B
B
B
The
centers
for
disease
control
has
issued
eligibility
requirements
for
the
pfizer
vaccine
booster
shot,
which
include
people
65
years
and
older
residents
and
long-term
care
settings.
People
aged
18
to
64
years
with
underlying
medical
conditions
and
people
aged
18
to
64,
who
are
at
increased
risk
for
covet
19
exposure
and
transmission
because
of
their
occupational
or
institutional
setting.
B
It
is
important
to
remember
that
our
unvaccinated
population
includes
young
children
who
are
not
yet
eligible
for
vaccines.
We
are
carefully
monitoring
the
development
of
vaccines
for
children,
ages,
5
to
11.
and,
while
approved
shots
may
not
be
available
until
november,
we
have
begun
covet
19
vaccine
access
planning
for
boston's
youngest
residents.
B
B
As
of
tuesday
september
21st,
72
of
boston
residents
have
received
at
least
one
shot
of
the
vaccine,
and
nearly
65
percent
of
residents
are
fully
vaccinated.
As
we
continue
with
our
vaccination
efforts,
we
must
also
continue
getting
tested.
Anyone
who
shows
symptoms
or
has
traveled
or
who
has
been
exposed
to
the
virus
should
get
tested.
B
Testing
helps
us
to
understand
the
spread
of
covet
19
in
our
city,
and
it
also
helps
us
to
slow
the
spread.
We
will
continue
monitoring
data
from
the
boston,
public
health
commission
following
the
advice
of
public
health
experts
and
centering
the
science.
I
encourage
anyone
who
has
not
yet
received
their
vaccine
to
do
so.
I
also
encourage
people
to
continue
to
get
tested
and
to
remind
everyone
of
the
indoor
mass
mandate.
Let's
continue
to
take
the
steps
necessary
to
keep
our
city
safe
and
protected.
B
Well,
as
you
mentioned,
this
is
a
very
old
case.
I
certainly
respect
the
courts
and
await
next
steps.
Yes,.
A
From
the
city
of
boston,
one
of
the
selectors
said
quote:
it's
a
late-night
effort
by
the
mayor,
trying
to
make
a
name
for
herself.
B
You
know
this
crisis
continues
to
be
left
on
the
shoulders
of
boston
when
other
municipalities
and
towns
are
not
doing
all
that
they
can.
I
am
encouraged
by
the
work
that
is
underway.
The
city
of
boston
has
been
in
close
communication
with
officials
at
the
state,
with
the
district
attorney's
office,
with
the
courts
and
with
other
municipalities
to
find
solutions
to
this
crisis.
What
I
will
not
do
is
engage
in
a
finger-pointing
campaign,
one
that
is
about
pointing
blame
and
not
finding
solutions.
B
Meanwhile,
the
residents
that
are
here
in
our
city-
and
we
know
that
more
than
60
percent
originate
from
other
towns.
They
are
here
in
the
city
of
boston
and
as
long
as
they
are,
we
will
continue
to
step
up
with
a
public
health
strategy
that
ensures
that
we
can
refer
people
to
treatment
into
housing
to
get
them
off
the
streets.
I
don't
think
it
is
helpful
to
go
back
and
forth
pointing
fingers.
What
I
am
looking
for
is
solutions,
and
anyone
who
wants
to
be
part
of
that
conversation.
B
Who
I
don't
know
who
this
they
are
so
again
here
in
the
city
of
boston?
We
have
a
public
health
strategy
that
is
meeting
people
where
they
are
referring
people
to
treatment,
reversing
overdoses
on
average
five
a
day
getting
people
into
housing
as
best
we
can.
We
need
for
every
single
town
in
the
commonwealth
of
massachusetts,
who
want
to
be
partners
in
this
too
often
to
offer
supports
to
residents
who
need
that
support
if
they
are
dealing
with
the
opioid
crisis
or
mental
health
challenges
or
homelessness.
B
B
So
the
city
of
boston
is
doing
what
the
city
of
boston
can
here
in
the
city.
What
we
need,
though,
is
a
strategy
across
the
commonwealth
that
is
not
led
by
the
city
of
boston
that
is
led
by
the
state
to
ensure
that
people
who
need
beds
have
those
beds
that
their
low
threshold
beds
that
they
can
get
into
and
that
people
who
need
support
all
across
our
commonwealth
can
get
that
support.
We
know
that
addiction
knows
no
boundary,
no
zip
code,
no
town
lines.
We
need
a
comprehensive
strategy
across
the
commonwealth.
B
B
Yes,
so
again,
the
commonwealth
of
massachusetts
has
identified.
Other
municipalities
has
invested
dollars.
What
we
need
to
see
happen
is
for
those
low
threshold
beds
in
terms
of
housing,
to
be
realized
so
that
we
can
have
a
comprehensive
strategy
across
the
commonwealth
to
support
all
of
our
residents
across
the
commonwealth.
Thank
you.