(CNN) New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration has signed agreements with 20 unions to reaffirm the city's vaccine mandate, the mayor's deputy press secretary said Friday. The deal does not include the unions representing the fire department or the police department, spokesperson Laura Feyer said. The agreements with the unions allow those city employees to seek exemptions on religious or medical grounds and require routine Covid-19 testing in the interim. The 20 unions comprise about 96,000 city employees. The New York City Department of Education and New York City Health and Hospitals previously reached deals with unions over the vaccine mandate and were excluded from union agreements the city announced Thursday.

Source: CNN November 06, 2021 07:12 UTC