Marc Boom, the CEO of Houston Methodist, a firm that runs eight hospitals with more than 26,000 employees, gave personnel a June 7 deadline to get vaccinated. The consequences of not getting the shot include “suspension and eventually termination,” he wrote in an April letter to doctors and nurses, which …
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While inaugurating a vaccination center in Paris earlier this month, French President Emmanuel Macron revealed his own vaccination status. “As you know, I caught the virus and I still have antibodies,” said Macron, who announced that he had tested positive for Covid on December 17 last year. “I will be vaccinated …
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“I want to state my position again. I think that mandatory vaccination is inappropriate and can’t be introduced,” Putin said during a video conference on Wednesday. “The citizens must themselves realize the necessity of this” and understand that without the shot they “could be faced with serious or even mortal …
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Moe’s Cantina pioneered the practice this past weekend, according to Chicago’s WBBM-TV. The restaurant was divided into an unrestricted, vaccinated section and another, where partitions and socially distanced tables remain. “We decided to divide, and you’re free to come on this side, go to the bar. You can be pre-pandemic,” …
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In a Friday statement, Trump once again took credit for the quick development and distribution of Covid-19 vaccines that his administration spearheaded and ripped the celebratory announcement this week from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that fully vaccinated people can refrain from wearing masks indoors and outdoors. …
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“Despite the necessary precautions to avoid bringing the virus home, my wife and I have tested positive for COVID and are symptomatic,” Vizcarra announced on Twitter on Sunday. Peruvian president until November, Vizcarrra was ousted by the parliament over “moral incompetence” as Peru’s GDP plummeted amid the pandemic that saw …
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The Houston Methodist hospital system said its employees must take the shot by June 7, making it the first healthcare provider to issue a mandate, stiffening its rules after previously offering $500 to any worker who received the inoculation voluntarily. Those who decline may be fired. “Mandating the vaccine was …
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The Republican governor signed an executive order prohibiting state and local officials from requiring people to provide their vaccination status in order to receive services or enter a specific area. Arizona residents must not be required to share their private medical data, Ducey tweeted. “While we strongly recommend all Arizonans …
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The nationwide ban on going outside without an obligatory mask lifts on Sunday. All schools, from daycare to 12th grade, will also fully reopen, having been partly closed for over a year. Most classes will be held in pre-pandemic conditions, with no social-distancing requirements, but students will still have to …
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“Vaccination does not prevent the third wave, the third wave is growing,” the minister said as he visited one of the vaccination centers in Berlin on Monday, following the Easter holidays. Spahn also described the situation in Germany’s intensive care units as “worrying” and said that the number of people …
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