NEW YORK — Gov. Andrew Cuomo pressed local businesses and the private sector to only accept customers fully vaccinated against COVID-19, he announced Monday morning.
State officials have started to express concern as the delta COVID variant, which spreads more easily and rapidly than the original strain of the upper respiratory illness, causes a surge of new coronavirus infections, hospitalizations and deaths across the state and nation.
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