Pres. Biden Sets Strict Guidelines For Unvaccinated Federal Workers

The president said federal workers must get vaccinated or wear face masks, social distance and get tested weekly for COVID-19.

The nation's millions of federal workers will be required to verify they've been vaccinated against the coronavirus or else face mandatory masking, weekly testing, distancing and other new rules, the Biden administration announced Thursday. The newly strict guidelines are aimed at boosting sluggish vaccination rates among the 4 million Americans who draw federal paychecks and to set an example for private employers around the country. “It's a pandemic of the unvaccinated,” President Joe Biden said in a White House address. Then he repeated it with emotion in his voice. “People are dying who don't have to die.”