Google Requires Employee Vaccinations, Pushes Back Reopening

"Anyone coming to work on our campuses will need to be vaccinated," Sundar Pichai said in a blog post.

Google on Wednesday slowed its plan to get campuses back up and running, and said workers returning to offices will need to be vaccinated against Covid-19. Spikes in infections due to a Delta variant of the virus have ramped up concerns about returning to offices, prompting Google to extend its global work-from-home option through October 18, according to chief executive Sundar Pichai. "Anyone coming to work on our campuses will need to be vaccinated," Pichai said in a blog post. "We're rolling this policy out in the United States in the coming weeks and will expand to other regions in the coming months."