Delta Air Lines said it would start charging unvaccinated employees enrolled in its healthcare plan an additional $200 a month, becoming the latest US company to cajole workers into having the Covid-19 jab.
The first fully-fledged approval of a vaccine this week by the US Food and Drug Administration, which gave a green light to the BioNTech/Pfizer jab, has prompted a string of American companies to introduce tougher rules on inoculations for staff.
Following the approval, Joe Biden urged business leaders to “require vaccinations” for employees, and several have complied with the US president’s request, including the investment bank Goldman Sachs, the accountancy firm Deloitte, and CVS Health, America’s largest operator of pharmacies.