The Pentagon will require all of its 1.4 million uniformed personnel to get vaccinated by no later than mid-September.
The Department of Defense will require all U.S. military members to get vaccinated against Covid-19 by no later than mid-September, the Pentagon said Monday, a major step as President Joe Biden aims to curb coronavirus infections by either mandating or strongly encouraging millions of federal workers to get immunized....
[+]The DOD will ask Biden to make the coronavirus vaccines mandatory for troops by the middle of next month, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin wrote in a Monday memo to Department of Defense employees, which was sent toAustin will move up his timeline if the Food and Drug Administration grants full approval to Pfizer’s vaccine — which currently has an emergency use authorization — before then.The news was first reported by the Associated Press.
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