With the city upgrading its COVID alert status to "high", this week's BronxTalk addresses the COVID spikes, city masking policies, the potential for more harmful and acute COVID variants, how the Bronx is being affected, and much more. Dr. Julian Watkins, Physician in Charge of the Center for Health Equity and Community Wellness, NYC DOHMH and Dr. Viju Jacob, Assistant VP Medical Regulatory Policy and External Affairs, Urban Health Plan are the guests. BronxTalk is hosted by Gary Axelbank. Producers: Rebecca Hemick & Stephen Powell Editor: Yenelsida Diaz For more information on BronxNet visit us at- https://bronxnet.org/ Follow us on Facebook at- https://www.facebook.com/BronxNetTV Follow us on Twitter at- https://twitter.com/BronxnetTV Follow us on Instagram at- https://www.instagram.com/bronxnettv Follow us on LinkedIn at- https://www.linkedin.com/company/bronxnet-community-television