Prognosis
Biden to Require Federal Workers to Get Vaccine or Regular Tests
- Administration to encourage private employers to do the same
- Policy applies to federal civilian and military workforce
Joe Biden
Photographer: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA/Bloomberg
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President Joe Biden said he’ll require federal workers to prove they’ve been vaccinated against Covid-19 or wear masks and submit to frequent coronavirus testing as the highly contagious delta variant is causing cases to spike in the U.S.
The rules will cover millions of federal workers, including the military and on-site contractors. Biden also asked his team to take steps to apply similar standards to all federal contractors and encourage private sector employers to follow the same approach.