President Biden is calling for $100 payments to every newly vaccinated American, to be paid by state and local governments with stimulus funds
President Biden will announce that federal employees and on-site contractors must get vaccinated againstor wear a mask on the job and submit to regular testing, and he will call on state and local governments to make $100 payments to newly vaccinated Americans.
Mr. Biden also will direct the Defense Department to examine how and when Covid-19 shots could be added to the list of vaccinations required for members of the U.S. military, the White House said Thursday.on July 29, up from 11,480 on June 19. Despite the administration’s monthslong push to promote the shots and encourage people to get them, the overall pace of vaccinations has slowed.
The White House said the federal government employs more than four million people, including more than two million civilians. Mr. Biden also wants his new requirements to apply to all federal contractors and will encourage private employers to take similar steps. The White House said any federal worker who doesn’t attest to being fully vaccinated will be required to wear a mask while at work, regardless of geographic location, get tested one or two times a week, abide by social-distancing guidelines and be subject to restrictions on official travel.
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