Zuckerberg Tells Facebook Employees They Won’t Need COVID-19 Vaccine to Return to Office

00:07 GMT, 11 December 2020

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Most Facebook staff members, particularly those residing in the United States, have been working from home since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Sputnik

On Thursday, Mark Zuckerberg told more than 50,000 of his Facebook employees during a company all-hands meeting that they will not be obligated to vaccinate against COVID-19 in order to return to their offices from home, according to a report citing a knowledgeable source who requested anonymity.

The Facebook CEO also insisted that the coronavirus vaccine will be a positive development, and urged workers to follow anti-COVID measures, the report said.

In May, the company announced a permanent work-from-home policy for its employees. Currently, some workers have already returned to their buildings in countries with lower COVID-19 rates.

So far, the US tops the list of nations most affected by COVID-19 with over 15.3 million cases and 289,000 COVID-related deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University.