Biden announces new US vaccine mandates to ‘turn the tide of Covid-19’
by David Smith in Washington from on (#5PBTF)
- Nearly 100m US workers to be subject to vaccine requirements
- President expresses frustration with unvaccinated Americans
Joe Biden, striving to restore public confidence in his handling of the pandemic, announced new vaccination mandates on Thursday for 100 million workers, about two-thirds of the American labour force.
Channeling national frustration as the virus surges back, the US president adopted his sternest tone yet in reprimanding the tens of millions of Americans who are still not vaccinated against the coronavirus.
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