NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — The Radio City Music Hall Rockettes are the most recent New York Metropolis custom compelled to cancel due to COVID.
All remaining performances of “The Christmas Spectacular Starring the Radio Metropolis Rockettes” have been canceled for the remainder of the season attributable to breakthrough circumstances. The announcement got here hours after Radio Metropolis canceled all 4 of its Friday performances.
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Earlier, town mentioned it could be sending inspectors to Radio Metropolis Music Corridor, after studies that it wasn’t imposing the vaccination rule for kids ages 5-11. Madison Sq. Backyard, which owns Radio Metropolis, mentioned it could comply.
“Everybody’s acquired to observe this mandate,” Mayor Bill de Blasio mentioned. “It’s a critical mandate and it’s a quite simple mandate. ”
Breakthrough circumstances have already compelled the closure of several Broadway shows this week, and the annual New Year’s Eve celebration in Times Square could be in jeopardy.
“Hamilton,” “Mrs. Doubtfire,” and “Moulin Rouge” all stay canceled Friday.
CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
Metropolis officers and residents are actually taking steps to protect against a frightening jump in infections. Instances doubled in the previous couple of days, and the positivity fee is nearly 8%.
The mayor known as for town to distribute a million Ok-95 masks without cost, launch a media marketing campaign to advertise boosters, and improve inspections to implement the state’s masks mandate.
“We have to be very aggressive. This variant strikes quick, we have to transfer sooner,” he mentioned.
CBS2’s John Dias spoke with folks Friday at a COVID testing site with a long line wrapped across the block in Times Square.
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“I really feel like everybody has COVID, and I’m simply attempting to be protected,” Midtown resident Jessica Pellegrini mentioned. “This week has been loopy.”
“My roommate simply acquired uncovered, he has COVID,” mentioned Midtown resident Beau Speer.
Specialists say the surge is partly fueled by the Omicron variant, with many individuals getting examined earlier than they head dwelling for the vacations.
“We’re going to go to older mother and father, and so they appear fairly anxious,” Megi Hakobjanyan, of the Higher East Facet, mentioned.
COVID VACCINE
Roosevelt Island resident Jose Montoya mentioned he’s getting examined 5 consecutive days earlier than he flies to go to household in Brazil.
“I wish to be damaging day by day till I depart,” he instructed Dias. “The grandmother of my companion is 96, we’re going to be spending Christmas. My in-laws are elder, so yeah, you should consider others.”
Epidemiologists say weak uncomfortable side effects are extra frequent with the Omicron variant in breakthrough circumstances.
“If we will flip Omicron, if we will flip COVID into one thing just like the frequent chilly via vaccination, that’s a win,” mentioned Dr. Celine Gounder. “We’re nicely on our solution to doing that, however everyone must get vaccinated to get there.”
Dr. Gounder mentioned the one solution to hit the quick ahead button on the pandemic is: “We actually want to begin looking for each other, pondering of ourselves as each other’s neighbors.”
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