100 million Americans are affected by tight vaccination ruleswhich President Joe Biden announced this morning, announced AP.
The head of state announced the changes on Twitter.
The Ministry of Labor will require all employers with more than 100 employees to be either fully vaccinated or to take a negative test at least once a week. Some of the biggest companies have already done this: United, Disney, Tyson and Fox News. Employers must give their employees leave to be vaccinated. I am expanding vaccination requirements to cover those who work in hospitals and other medical facilities, Biden wrote.
We have the tools to combat COVID-19. If we can come together as a country and use them, we can reduce the number of unvaccinated Americans, decrease hospitalizations and deaths, and allow our children to go to school safely. pic.twitter.com/cBon9sEn9Z
President Biden (@POTUS) September 10, 2021
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Fines for not wearing masks are also doubled.
While we are fighting COVID-19 here at home, we must continue our efforts abroad. We are proud of that we have donated nearly 140 million vaccines and started delivering an additional 500 million – more than all other countries combined. This is American leadership on the world stage.
Biden signed an executive order, which will cover millions of federal workers and contractors who do business with the federal government, the source said.
The measures were expected. It became clear yesterday that Biden plans to require all federal officials and government contractors to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
One in four people with COVID-19 in the United States is a child
There are over 5 million cases of infected children in the country since the beginning of the pandemic
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As part of the boost for vaccination, the Department of Defense, the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Indian Health Service and the National Institutes of Health will complete the implementation of previously announced vaccination requirements, which cover 2.5 million people“.
Just over 53% of Americans are fully vaccinated, including nearly two-thirds of the adult population according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The disease has killed more than 651,000 Americans.
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