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Biden toughens vaccine rules for federal workers
President Joe Biden meets with leaders from the labor and business community in the Roosevelt Room at the White House on July 22. (Washington Post photo by Demetrius Freeman)
Published July 30. 2021 1:33AM
Annie Linskey, John Wagner, and Seung Min Kim, The Washington Post
WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden announced Thursday that all federal employees and on-site contractors will have to be vaccinated against the coronavirus - or be required to wear masks and undergo repeated testing, an order that will affect millions of workers and is designed to be a model for other employers.
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Vaccine inequality is hurting Asia s poor and the rest of the world
Vaccine inequality is hurting Asia s poor and the rest of the world
Posted: Jul 6, 2021 9:31 PM
Updated: Jul 6, 2021 9:31 PM
Posted By: By Jessie Yeung and Kocha Olarn, CNN Business
Crowded factories in Asia s manufacturing hubs seemed curiously immune to coronavirus as it spread through most of the world last year.
By the end of 2020, Thailand and Vietnam had reported fewer than 200 deaths between them, and Cambodia and Laos didn t report any at all.
But that changed this spring as many parts of Asia battled stubborn Covid-19 outbreaks that have infiltrated factories and other businesses critical to the global supply chain, threatening to disrupt the
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By Jessie Yeung, CNN Business
Crowded factories in Asia’s manufacturing hubs seemed curiously immune to coronavirus as it spread through most of the world last year.
By the end of 2020, Thailand and Vietnam had reported fewer than 200 deaths between them, and Cambodia and Laos didn’t report any at all.
But that changed this spring as many parts of Asia battled stubborn Covid-19 outbreaks that have infiltrated factories and other businesses critical to the global supply chain, threatening to disrupt the
already strained
The surge
in cases has forced manufacturing plants throughout the region from Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam and Cambodia to China and Taiwan to halt production