Apple will reportedly require enhanced Covid-19 injections for workers

Apple now considers that boosted covid-19 injections are an important element in protecting its workers and will reportedly require employees to show evidence that they have been given an extra dose to access its premises, according to an internal email he saw the Verge.

On Saturday, Verge reported that Apple will require its retail and corporate employees to receive a supplemental vaccine against covid-19 once they are eligible for it. According to center for disease control and prevention, individuals who have received Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna can receive the supplement five months after the first two injections. Those receiving a single-dose Johnson & Johnson injection are entitled to a boost two months after vaccination.

As he said the Verge, Apple workers will have four weeks to comply with the company’s boost requirements once they become eligible. If employees don’t get reinforcements within that time frame, as of Feb. 15, they’ll have to be tested frequently on covid-19 to enter the Apple Store, affiliate store or Apple office.

“Due to the weakening of the effectiveness of the primary batch of COVID-19 vaccines and the emergence of highly portable variants such as Omicron, supplementary vaccination is now part of monitoring your COVID-19 vaccination to protect against serious diseases,” Apple said in an internal email. Verge.

The letter also contained information for unvaccinated employees, who will have to give a negative rapid test for antigen on covid-19 before entering the workplace starting Jan. 24. Workers who have not provided proof of vaccination will also be required to adhere to this testing policy.

Gizmodo contacted Apple on Sunday to confirm Verge’s report, but we did not respond until the announcement. We will update this article if someone from the company contacts us.

If the internal email is correct, Apple would join Meti, the owner of Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram, in a request for enhanced covid-19 footage for its employees. Meta said Monday that employees entitled to supplemental injections will have to provide proof of vaccination starting from March 28th to enter his offices.

“Amplifiers provide increased protection,” a Meta spokesman said Wall Street Journal. “Given the evidence of the effectiveness of supplementary vaccination, we are expanding our vaccination requirements to include boosters.”

Google has not revealed whether it will require its employees to receive enhanced vaccines against covid-19, but said on Thursday it would require employees and contractors to have a negative Covid-19 molecular test-which are generally more accurate and detect the presence of coronavirus genetic material“Like the PCR test.” to access their offices or facilities. We contacted Google to ask if it would require increased doses of Covid-19 for its employees on Sunday, but we have not yet received a response.

Amazon, meanwhile, is reportedly not using mandates to inspire people, but using what it knows best: money. Last Thursday, reported Information that Amazon paid its workers by the hour, including its 750,000 Americans warehouse workers, $ 40 and offer them an extra (unpaid) day off to get an extra injection.

Gizmodo contacted Amazon on Sunday to confirm whether this was indeed the case and asked if it planned to request reinforcements for all employees. We will update this article if someone from Amazon contacts us.