Wright-Patterson Air Force Base will remain in health protection condition Charlie, Col. Patrick Miller, 88th Air Base Wing commander, said Wednesday.

After the coronavirus pandemic forced her to work from home, Velazquez, a government information specialist with Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center, or AFIMSC, said she was happy to learn the agency is retooling to become up to 70% telework. She now only goes into the office when the work of the day requires it – about twice a week.

Master-at-Arms Senior Chief Michael Haberstumpf, 42, was assigned to the Joint Special Operations Intelligence Brigade. According to the Navy's news release, Haberstumpf tested positive for COVID-19 Sept. 2.

Nov. 2 is the deadline for active-duty airmen and Space Force guardians to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, with Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve personnel facing a Dec. 2 deadline.

About 75% of India’s total eligible adult population have received at least one dose, while nearly 30% are fully immunized. The country of nearly 1.4 billion people is the second to exceed a billion cumulative doses after the most populous country China did so in June.

The VA was the first federal agency to mandate that its employees be vaccinated against the coronavirus. There are 420,000 employees at the agency, and most workers had until Oct. 8 to provide proof of vaccination to their local VA Occupational Health Office.

The decision by the Food and Drug Administration paves the way for boosters of all three authorized shots to be available to a wide swath of the U.S. population and promises to ease the logistics of the booster campaign for pharmacies and clinics offering vaccines.

Action would not occur until next month, after the Food and Drug Administration deals with two big items on its agenda, said the officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the issue.

New York City will require its entire municipal workforce to be vaccinated against COVID-19 or be placed on unpaid leave, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Wednesday, giving an ultimatum to public employees, including police officers and firefighters who have refused the shots and ensuring a fight with some unions representing them.

Defense Department civilian employees who are not fully vaccinated against the coronavirus after Nov. 22 without a pending or approved exemption request will be fired. New employees must be fully vaccinated by their start date for work or Nov. 22, “whichever is later,” according to the memo.