New York City Mayor Eric Adams revealed during a press conference that numbers of those testing positive for the new COVID-19 variant BA.2 have risen enough to postpone the previously planned end of the school mask mandate for children under the age of five.
The final decision is dependent on a formal court decision made to determine whether or not keeping the mask mandate in place for children of this age group, with city government attorneys attempting a stay and appeal with the mayor believing that city government “has enough evidence” to win and postpone the end to the mask mandate.
