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President Biden is expected to sign an executive order requiring all federal executive branch workers to be vaccinated, and a second executive order that says that standard should be extended to employees of contractors that do business with the federal government, NBC News reported.
The Department of Defense, the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Indian Health Service, and the National Institutes of Health have already said they will require vaccinations for their 2.5 million employees.
NBC News also reported the president will call on all schools to set up regular testing. The federal government set aside $10 billion in funding for Covid screening tests for teachers, staff and students, but it is unclear how that money is being spent.
The CDC recommends testing be offered to students who have not been fully vaccinated when there is elevated spread of the virus, and teachers and staff who have not been fully vaccinated should be screened regardless of the level of community transmission.
First to @NBCNews:
— Heidi Przybyla (@HeidiNBC) September 9, 2021
Biden today will call on ALL SCHOOLS TO SET UP REGULAR TESTING:
1. In April, Congress appropriated $10 billion to states to set up regular school testing.
What are they doing with it??
2. "the Admin is calling on all schools to set up regular testing in
Children now make up more than 26% of new Covid-19 cases.
— Heidi Przybyla (@HeidiNBC) September 9, 2021
252,000 cases were added the past week, the largest number of child cases in a week since the pandemic.
Our reporting from one of the most underserved communities that IS DOING THIS. Detroit: https://t.co/wPwbIkJzvJ