According to NBC 10, a judge has blocked Boston from imposing a COVID-19 vaccination mandate on certain classes of firefighters and police officers. The Massachusetts Appeals Court judge says Mayor Michelle Wu's mandate can't be enforced on members of the city firefighters union and two police officers unions until their ongoing legal fight that says all city workers must be vaccinated or face termination must be resolved.

The appeals court last month issued a temporary stay on the mandate for the three municipal labor unions after they appealed a lower court ruling. Wu's administration said it's "disappointed" by the ruling and is carefully reviewing it.