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If you are not vaccinated, do not go in: New York museums now ask for 'health pass'

2021-08-16T21:05:38.707Z


It is one more measure to encourage the population to receive immunization against the coronavirus. 08/16/2021 16:01 Clarín.com Culture Updated 08/16/2021 4:01 PM The implementation of the "health pass" , which reserves access to certain public places for people vaccinated against the coronavirus, cured or negative, is gaining ground in the world and has already been in force for weeks in Austria, Denmark and France, and from this Monday also in New York. As of Monday, visitors to New York Ci


08/16/2021 16:01

  • Clarín.com

  • Culture

Updated 08/16/2021 4:01 PM

The implementation of the

"health pass"

, which reserves access to certain public places for people vaccinated against the coronavirus, cured or negative, is gaining ground in the world and has already been in force for weeks in Austria, Denmark and France, and

from this Monday also in New York.

As of Monday, visitors to New York City museums, art fairs and art galleries

must

now

show proof of coronavirus vaccination.

The new measure, which applies to both employees and visitors of institutions such as museums, concert halls, aquariums, gyms, cinemas, convention centers and zoos, is part of the so-called

"Key to NYC Pass". New York)

, which regulates access to indoor facilities.

A sign indicates a Covid vaccination site outside the American Museum of Natural History in New York.

Photo Gabby Jones / Bloomberg

New York thus becomes the first city of the great American metropolis to create a health pass.


Amid an increase in cases,

New York

Mayor

Bill de Blasio announced the pass this week, which has been in effect since yesterday.

"If you are not vaccinated, unfortunately, you will not be able to participate in many things," De Blasio said.

A measure to encourage vaccination

The Mayor hopes this measure will encourage New Yorkers to get vaccinated and fight the spread of the Delta coronavirus variant.

(Other efforts to encourage New Yorkers to get vaccinated include payments of $ 100 in exchange for receiving the vaccine at a city-run site.)

Vaccinated

people will be able to show that they are actually showing their

vaccination card through an application.

There will be a month of readjustment and as of September 13,

fines from $ 1,000

will begin to be charged

for non-compliance.

"We fully support the city's efforts to encourage vaccinations for visitors and staff," Kenneth Weine, communications director for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, told Artnet News.

In New York, people get the coronavirus vaccine on a bus.

Photo Spencer Platt / Getty Images / AFP

“The Met has been open without interruption for a year, even during the pandemic, and keeping staff and visitors safe is our top priority.

The mayor is right that the only path to continued progress is higher vaccination rates. "

In announcing the new provisions, De Blasio referred to the concern on the part of museums that the measure will become an additional burden for the public to attend cultural spaces, just in a year in which they have been seriously affected financially. for the pandemic.

“This is an additional step without a doubt, we are going to work with them.

Our art and our culture define us, and the return of the arts and culture gave people hope, "he said.

MoMA, Museum of Modern Art, New York, United States.

Photo: Shutterstock

In the case of children under 12 years of age who are not yet vaccinated, they can visit the covered facilities with an adult who is.

The New York Health Pass for Indoor Activities was the first to be implemented in the United States and follows similar requirements in France and Italy.

Other cities have begun to follow De Blasio's example.

San Francisco will require vaccination for restaurants, bars, gyms and entertainment venues beginning August 20.

In New Orleans, visitors to restaurants, bars and other enclosed places will be required to show vaccination records or a recent negative Covid test as of Aug. 23.

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