HOBOKEN, N.J. (WCBS 880) — Hoboken's mayor on Thursday imposed a vaccine mandate for this weekend's SantaCon.
Mayor Ravi Bhalla issued an executive order that mandates all establishments participating in the bar crawl require participants to show proof of vaccination.
Bar and restaurant staff will have to check that all attendees are fully vaccinated before they are allowed to enter the business.
Any person without proof of vaccination must be denied entry, according to the order.
"If you're not vaccinated, our message is simple: don't bother participating in a bar crawl this weekend," said Bhalla.
The city's Office of Emergency Management will oversee compliance with the vaccine mandate.
Any participating bar or establishment that violates the order risks immediate closure, liquor license revocation or disciplinary suspension.
The temporary order takes effect midnight Saturday and will end at 6 a.m. Sunday.
Other bars and restaurants that are not participating in the event are not subject to the order, but are encouraged to institute a vaccine requirement for entry this weekend.
The order comes amid a winter spike in coronavirus infections and growing concerns over the spread of the omicron variant.
Daily positive COVID tests in New Jersey reached nearly 6,300 Thursday.
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