Ford is first major US automaker to mandate vaccines
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Ford will mandate vaccines for its most of 32,000 US salaried employees, a spokesperson for the company said Wednesday.
Those workers have until December 8 to be fully vaccinated. Employees who refuse to do so and do not have an approved religious or medical exemption could be put on paid leave for a maximum of 30 days. After that time their job protection expires, according to the spokesperson.
"The goal is to achieve highest possible vaccination rate without severe consequences to any employee," said the spokesperson.
President Joe Biden has given permission to Ukraine to strike inside Russian territory with American munitions, though he has restricted their use so Kyiv can only hit targets over the border close to Kharkiv after Russia made significant advances around the city in the northeastern part of the country close to the Russian border, two US officials told CNN.