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Delta Variant Threatens NYC Economic Recovery

The economy appeared to be on the upswing, with restaurants and shops reopening as workers began returning to offices. But now the Delta variant and a surge in COVID-19 cases is threatening Manhattan’s economic recovery. “An increasing number of companies with offices in New York, like Facebook, Google and the Walt Disney Company, have announced that their corporate employees must be vaccinated before returning to the workplace,” per The New York Times. “Now, faced with a third wave of the coronavirus, some firms that had been calling their employees back to the office after Labor Day are postponing their plans again.”

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