Cambridge may consider a Covid-19 vaccination-or-testing requirement for city employees, ending its holdout position while a stream of other government authorities have announced the same, but not without debate regarding “mandates” from City Manager Louis A. DePasquale.

Our city, and the world, has transformed since 1940. Our charter needs an update, and residents are urged to vote “yes” on all three questions.

Public meetings this week look at a cannabis head start extension, forming a racial justice committee, security deposit reform, tree infrastructure; using school district relief funds and hiring a School Committee executive secretary; and recreational pot near Fresh Pond.

Another Cambridge resident has died from Covid-19, the first death since May 10. The city reported the death Wednesday, bringing the number of coronavirus fatalities to 124.

Public school students will be back in classes by Monday, making district staff vaccinations a hot topic – but perhaps surprisingly given the ongoing national debate, not a controversial one.

Concerned community members in Cambridge have organized buying high-quality KF94 masks in bulk for public school students. It’s laudable, but why do individuals need to raise funds to provide personal safety equipment to students at all?

Public meetings this week look at a school district vaccine mandate; condominium conversion law; landmarkings; and a number of long-simmering projects that could add residences in Harvard Square, Wellington-Harrington and Central Square and hotels in Kendall and Central squares.

Another public agency in the city, the Cambridge Housing Authority, will require employees to be vaccinated against Covid-19, joining major employers such as the Cambridge Health Alliance, Mount Auburn Hospital, the city’s three nursing homes and two major universities.

Cambridge’s hospitals have now set deadlines for staff to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19, and the city’s nursing homes are under orders to have all their employees immunized by Oct. 10. The city, though, maintains a policy of encouraging but not requiring vaccination for its workforce,

With Covid-19 cases continuing to climb in Cambridge, most reportedly caused by the highly infectious delta variant, the city on Thursday mandated masks for employees and visitors in all city buildings.