Two newsroom flooring are considered all over the grand opening of the Washington submit in Washington January 28, 2016. REUTERS/Gary Cameron
July 27 (Reuters) – All Washington put up employees might be required to present proof of full COVID-19 vaccination via mid-September as a condition of employment, with exceptions for clinical and religious concerns, writer Fred Ryan introduced on Tuesday in a memo to group of workers.
The paper's new vaccination policy comes amid an uptick in COVID-19 cases within the united states attributed to the extremely contagious Delta variant.
U.S. groups are navigating how and when to reopen places of work amid the unfold of the variant. Apple (AAPL.O) introduced remaining week that the business is delaying its office reopening except October – a month later than deliberate – as circumstances surge.
The newspaper, owned by means of billionaire businessman Jeff Bezos, plans to reopen its workplaces for all employees for 3 days per week on Sept. 13, and employees have to display vaccination proof by way of then, Ryan talked about.
Contractors and visitors who enter the Washington put up's workplaces will even be required to exhibit proof of vaccination.
"even though the overwhelming majority of submit employees have already provided proof of vaccination, I do not take this resolution calmly," Ryan observed within the memo.
"however, in given that the serious fitness considerations and actual safeguard considerations of so many post employees, I believe the plan is the right one."
Reporting by Danielle Kaye in manhattan; editing by using Peter Henderson and Sandra Maler
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