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Unvaccinated city workers will be required to wear a mask indoors at their workplaces, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Monday, amid a ramp-up of efforts to get municipal employees inoculated.

“If you are unvaccinated and you are a city employee, beginning on Monday, you must either wear a mask indoors at your worksite at all times,” de Blasio said Monday at his daily remote press briefing, “or if you prefer not to, you must immediately go get vaccinated.”

The policy goes into effect next Monday, Aug. 2, and mandates that city workers who want to go mask-free provide “documented proof” of receiving a COVID-19 vaccine, the mayor said.

“Only with documented proof of vaccination does one have the option to forgo a face covering,” de Blasio said.

The city’s health commissioner said the new step is needed to curb COVID-19, as the Delta variant spreads in the five boroughs.

“We need stronger medicine to deal with Delta, which is why we’re taking these steps today,” said Dr. Dave Chokshi.

The announcement came after the mayor confirmed the health worker vaccination-or-test mandate will soon apply to the entire city workforce.

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