Biden requires employees of big businesses to be vaccinated or face testing

US President Joe Biden has announced sweeping federal COVID measures that require workers at large companies to be vaccinated or face weekly testing.

The new measures which also include a vaccine mandate for millions of federal workers come as the President is under fire to combat a COVID surge.

COVID has killed 650,000 Americans and hospitals nationwide are at capacity.

Biden had promised a summer of freedom from the virus. But the Delta variant has instead run rampant.

In an address made from the White House, Biden directed the Department of Labor to direct all private businesses with 100 or more workers to be vaccinated or otherwise provide proof of a negative COVID test at least once a week. The order will affect around 80m workers.

Nearly 17M other healthcare workers at facilities receiving federal benefits will also face the same requirements.

[Source: BBC]