META DROPS COVID-19 BOOSTER REQUIREMENT FOR STAFF IN US OFFICES

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Mon 04 April 2022:

Facebook parent Meta Platforms will stop insisting that employees have Covid booster shots in order to come to its facilities in the U.S. a company spokesperson said on Friday. 

The social media company previously said that all workers returning to the office would have to present proof of their booster jabs, while the company monitored the Omicron variant situation. 

“We updated our requirements in early March to align with CDC guidance, and now COVID-19 boosters are no longer required for entry, though strongly recommended. The primary vaccination requirement (1- or 2-shot series) remains in place,” said Meta spokesperson Tracy Clayton. 

The Meta spokesperson did not provide an explanation for the change.

In California, where Meta has its headquarters, 71% of the population is fully vaccinated, while 35% has received a booster shot, according to New York Times data. Case counts have fallen since January, the newspaper’s data shows.

Apple, also based in California’s San Francisco Bay Area, requires employees to show proof they have received a booster shot, technology news website the Verge reported in January.

A US judge ruled on Tuesday (March 29) that a lawsuit accusing Meta Platforms Inc’s Facebook of deceiving advertisers about its “potential reach” tool can proceed as a class action.

The decision by U.S. District Judge James Donato in San Francisco allows potentially millions of individuals and businesses that paid for ads on Facebook and its photo-sharing app Instagram since Aug. 15, 2014 to sue as a group.

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