Apple’s new COVID-19 policy requires vaccinations to skip ‘frequent’ testing
Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images Starting next month, Apple will infrequently" test employees who come into its offices and stores for COVID-19, if they're vaccinated. Unvaccinated employees will have to get frequent testing. Apple CEO Tim Cook and senior vice president of retail and people Deirdre O'Brien announced the new policy during an all-hands meeting today, according to an audio recording obtained by The Verge.
The company's updated guidelines appear to line up with the OSHA standards that will be established as a result of the Biden administration's push to increase vaccination rates. Those standards say companies of 100 people or more must require either immunization or weekly testing.
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