Vaccine Mandate
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New York City Puts 9,000 Unvaccinated Employees on Unpaid Leave
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced on Monday that 9,000 municipal workers have been put on unpaid leave after refusing to comply with the city's new vaccine mandate.
The mandate, which went into effect on Monday, requires municipal...
Medicine
Joe Biden Announces Vaccine Mandate “Emergency Rule” For Companies
President Joe Biden announced in a brief address on Thursday that his vaccine mandate for employers with more than 100 workers will go into effect soon.
The mandate requires employers that meet the requirements to ensure that their employees are vaccinated...
Europe
France Suspends Thousands of Unvaccinated Health Workers
France has suspended thousands of hospital, care home and health center workers after they refused to meet the country's rules requiring COVID-19 vaccinations.
Oliver Veran, the Health Minister of France, told French radio that the suspended workers would be unpaid,...
Medicine
Biden Announces Vaccine Mandate for 100 Million Workers
President Joe Biden has announced his most dramatic vaccine mandate yet on Thursday, introducing a new federal vaccine requirement that will force up to 100 million workers across the United States to be inoculated against COVID-19.
In a speech given...
Greek News
Greek Health Workers Have Another Chance to Get Vaccinated
The Greek government is giving health workers another chance to get their shots after protests erupted over the September 1st suspensions of unvaccinated medical professionals.
Hundreds of suspended workers protested the Greek state after 6,000 healthcare professionals were suspended following...
Europe
Thousands of Unvaccinated Health Workers Suspended in Greece
5,895 unvaccinated health workers have been suspended or are in the process of being suspended from working in Greece. The suspensions follow a new law that mandates vaccines among healthcare workers, under penalty of suspension from their workplace.
The Suspension...
Greek News
Double Masking Now Recommended in Greece as Delta Spikes
A Greek epidemiologist is now calling for double masking around the country as the Delta variant of the coronavirus continues to cause havoc throughout the country.
Greece recorded the highest-ever number of coronavirus cases this week, with 4,608 new cases...
Medicine
USA to Mandate COVID-19 Vaccinations in the Military
The Pentagon announced today that members of the U.S. military will be required to receive the COVID-19 vaccine starting Sept. 15. President Joe Biden has endorsed the Pentagon's plan.
In a memo sent out to military personnel, Defense Secretary Lloyd...
Medicine
Tyson Foods, Microsoft Introduce Vaccine Mandates for Employees
Tyson Foods and Microsoft announced vaccine mandates for their employees on Tuesday, at a time where the Delta variant of coronavirus has signaled a perilous new era of the pandemic.
Due to the severity of Delta's spread, struggles to convince...