This measure concerns in particular employees of companies with more than 100 people. In the absence of complete vaccination by this deadline, they will have to undergo regular tests.
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The United States is strengthening its vaccine strategy. Tens of millions of American employees will have to be vaccinated against Covid-19 by January 4, under penalty of having to undergo very regular tests, announced Thursday, November 4, the administration of President Joe Biden. This measure concerns employees of companies with more than 100 people, workers in the medical sector and employees of subcontractors of federal agencies.
“There is the same consistent deadline, for these three categories, of January 4, 2022”, date on which employees must either have received their last dose of vaccine, or begin to undergo at least one test per week, said a senior American official. President Joe Biden initially unveiled this measure, supposed to affect more than two-thirds of the country’s workforce, in September, during a speech at the White House.
Several companies, including the meat giant Tyson Foods or the airline United Airlines, had already prepared the ground by imposing these obligations on their employees from the end of September. The latest, the automaker Ford required its 32,000 employees to be vaccinated by December 8 except in the case of religious or medical exemption, according to several US media.