US president Joe Biden has announced sweeping new pandemic requirements aimed at boosting vaccination rates for millions of federal workers and contractors, as he lamented the “American tragedy” of deaths among the unvaccinated.
Federal workers will be required to sign forms attesting they have been vaccinated against the coronavirus or else comply with new rules on mandatory masking, weekly testing, distancing and more.
The strict new guidelines are aimed at increasing sluggish vaccination rates among the huge number of Americans who draw federal paycheques – and to set an example for private employers around the country.
Mr Biden said at the White House: “Right now, too many people are dying or watching someone they love die and say: ‘If I’d just got the vaccine.’”
WASHINGTON U.S. President Joe Biden has announced sweeping new pandemic requirements aimed at boosting vaccination rates for millions of federal workers and contractors as he lamented the American tragedy of rising-yet-preventable deaths among the unvaccinated. Federal workers will be required to sign forms attesting they ve been vaccinated against the coronavirus or else comply with new rules on mandatory masking, weekly testing, distancing and more. The strict new guidelines are aimed at increasing sluggish vaccination rates among the huge number of Americans who draw federal paychecks and to set an example for private employers around the country. Right now, too many people are dying or watching someone they love die and say, `If I d just got the vaccine, Biden said in a somber address Thursday from the East Room of the White House. This is an American tragedy. People are dying who don t have to die.
France mulls mandatory vaccinations I think the $100 is a good start, Washington-based epidemiologist Eric Feigl-Ding told DW. Weꞌve tried nearly every single carrot that we have to get people vaccinated and people are just not budging. We have to stick to mandates or vaccine passes.
How will federal employees be affected?
Another main thrust of the latest plans is to introduce new testing, masking and distancing rules for 4 million federal workers and onsite contractors who do not vaccinate.
Federal employees who have not been vaccinated will have to wear face masks, get tested once a week, be physically distanced and will be restricted from traveling.
Washington: President Joe Biden on Thursday sought to revive the nation’s stalled push to vaccinate Americans against the surging delta variant of the coronavirus, announcing new requirements for federal workers to be vaccinated and urging local and state governments to offer $100 to anyone willing to get a shot voluntarily.
He also ordered the Defense Department to move rapidly toward requiring coronavirus vaccines for all members of the military, a step that would affect almost 1.5 million troops, many of whom have resisted taking a shot that is highly effective against a disease that has claimed the lives of more than 600,000 Americans.
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