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The Biden administration will require government employees and large companies to get vaccinated against Corona
The president of the United States delivered a relatively strong speech in which he announced a series of measures to deal with the Delta strain. Federal workers who are not vaccinated within 75 days will be fired. Your refusal hurts us "
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Friday, 10 September 2021, 01:04 Updated: 02:13
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US President Joe Biden is stepping up the fight against corona opponents in the country, and announced tonight (Friday) a series of measures, the main one of which will oblige most federal government employees to get vaccinated.
Also, employees of large companies with more than a hundred employees will be required to be vaccinated or present with a negative corona test once a week.
Until now, government employees had the option of getting vaccinated or getting tested, but today Biden announced that federal employees have 75 days to get vaccinated, or will be fired from their jobs.
"We were patient," Biden addressed millions of Americans who have yet to go vaccinated.
"But our patience is waning, and your refusal to get vaccinated has come at a high price."
The new measures, and the relatively aggressive speech, mark an unusually aggressive approach on the part of the president, against the background of the rise in morbidity with the spread of the delta strain in the country.
This, after Biden announced earlier this year that "the deadly virus is almost behind us."
Despite a massive campaign to encourage immunization, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, only about 53 percent of Americans have been fully vaccinated.
Biden said that "we are in a difficult situation that may take some time".
"Our patience is waning."
Biden, tonight (Photo: Reuters)
According to Biden's plan, more than 17 million health workers will also be required to be vaccinated, with the new requirements affecting more than 100 million workers in total, who make up about two-thirds of the U.S. workforce. Republican, which could delay by a few months the impact of new measures on the ground.
Ministry of labor plan to move the installation as a law of the Ministry of health is expected to pass in October, and enforced with fines 14 thousand dollars to companies that abide by the guidelines. At the same time, administration officials said the assessment system, Its scope has drawn criticism from Biden's opponents, and is expected to expand, with large chains such as Walmart and the Amazon site also expected to sell Corona test kits at "affordable" prices.
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Corona vaccine in Louisiana (Photo: Reuters)
To date, more than 654,000 people have died as a result of the corona virus since the global epidemic broke out in the United States.
However, skepticism about vaccines is deeply ingrained in parts of the American public, especially the conservative ones.
In places with a low vaccination rate, especially in conservative Republican states, there has been an increase in corona morbidity, in part also due to the more contagious delta strain.
Several cities in the United States, including New York and San Francisco, have already restricted access to government offices, restaurants and other places to the vaccinated only.
Last month, the FDA and an advisory panel to the Centers for Disease and Prevention said Pfizer or Moderner “booster” injections could be given to those with weak immune systems.
The White House is keen to expand the impetus campaign, despite opposition from the World Health Organization, which is urging countries around the world to wait until countries that have not vaccinated their citizens at all do so.
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