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Court blocks New York City schools vaccine mandate, sets hearing for next week

By Peter Szekely, Reuters Posted on
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A requirement for New York City school teachers and staff to get vaccinated for COVID-19 was temporarily blocked by a U.S. appeals court just days before it was to take effect, but the court on Saturday set a hearing on the matter for next week.

Mayor Bill de Blasio last month set Monday as the deadline for 148,000 staff members of the largest U.S. school system to get at least one dose of a vaccine under a mandate aimed at slowing the spread of the highly contagious Delta variant.

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Court blocks New York City schools vaccine mandate, sets hearing for next week

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