COVID-19 updates: American Airlines to require employee vaccinations

Producers for Aladdin on Broadway canceled Wednesday's show after several people in the production tested positive for COVID-19.

Disney Theatrical Productions announced the cancellation just 30 minutes before the start of the show, saying “Through our rigorous testing protocols, breakthrough COVID-19 cases have been detected within the company of ‘Aladdin’ at the New Amsterdam Theater.”

The production resumed on Tuesday after shutting down for nearly a year and a half. The Broadway League issued a vaccine mandate for all of its casts and crews before productions resumed this month.

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West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice offered yet another urgent plea Wednesday for residents to get vaccinated, as the state continues to struggle through its COVID-19 latest surge.

"There's absolutely every reason to believe we're right in the eye of the storm. We're right at the peak of the surge right now," Justice said in a news conference. "We're going to lose a bunch more people."

Only 48.1% of West Virginians have had one dose of the vaccine as of Wednesday, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

ICU capacity is currently at a record high, with nearly 300 patients receiving critical care, according to Justice.

"We can't have all these people just die in vain and have this just continue to go and continue to go," he said.

Justice explained that although he does not believe in mandates, all he can "possibly do with a good conscience," is to continue to urge everyone in the community to get vaccinated.

-ABC News' Arielle Mitropoulos

New York City's vaccine mandate for city workers survived another challenge in court Wednesday.

New York State Supreme Court Justice Laurence Love wrote that the argument made by the New York City Municipal Labor Committee --which represents several unions-- contending that the city's order "violates employees’ individual bodily integrity and right to refuse medical treatment," is without merit.

"Public health concerns far outweigh the concerns of a few," the judge wrote in the 11-page ruling.

-ABC News' Will Gretsky

Spectator tickets for the Beijing 2022 Winter Games will only be sold to residents of China's mainland, according to the International Olympic Committee.

Participants who are not fully vaccinated will have to serve a 21-day quarantine upon arrival in Beijing.

-ABC News' Christine Theodorou