The Department of Veterans Affairs on Monday ordered the majority of its health-care workers to get vaccinated.Īnd the Washington Post and CNN reported that President Joe Biden is preparing to announce Thursday a requirement for all federal employees and contractors to get vaccinated or have to be tested regularly.īut while the military is looking at the possibility of requiring troops to receive the vaccine, it cannot legally do so until the Food and Drug Administration issues its final approval for the drugs. The Navy also announced Wednesday that two more sailors had died of complications from COVID in the last week.Ĭalifornia is preparing to require its National Guardsmen to get the COVID vaccine by early next month, or be required to undergo regular testing. On Tuesday, the CDC recommended even fully vaccinated people wear masks in public indoor settings in areas of substantial or high transmission. The Defense Department in May began allowing fully vaccinated people to no longer wear masks, whether indoors or outdoors.īut the military’s move today to tighten mask rules comes as concerns are growing about plateauing vaccination rates and the spread of a highly contagious Delta variant of COVID-19. Hicks said that people entering defense installations, workspaces or other facilities who do not have a mask may be provided one at the installation. For example, Bexar County, Texas, where Joint Base San Antonio is located, now has a high level of community transmission, as do places like Bossier Parish, Louisiana, home of Barksdale Air Force Base, and Clark County, Nevada, home of Nellis Air Force Base.
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