Starting Monday, anyone entering a Los Angeles shopping mall, gym, nail salon, theater, or a similar business must have to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination first as the city’s vaccine mandate officially goes into effect. Some businesses told local news outlets that they will attempt to enforce the mandate. “We’ll try to enforce it to the best of our ability,” Julian Andrei, founder and managing partner of Strada Eateria And Bar, told NBC. “If somebody for some reason forgets their proof of vaccination, then we can seat them in our courtyard or front patio,” he added. Ahead of the mandate going into effect, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti claimed it would raise the vaccination rates in Los Angeles County. “Vaccinating more Angelenos is our only way out of this pandemic, and we must do everything in our power to keep pushing those numbers up,” Garcetti said, according to The Associated Press. …
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