Delaying rule requiring businesses with at least 100 employees to be vaccinated or tested weekly would lead to hospitalizations and deaths, government says
The US government has asked a federal appeals court to immediately lift a stay on a workplace Covid-19 vaccine rule, in order to avoid “enormous” harm to public health, or alternatively to allow a masking-and-testing requirement, according to a court filing.
Delaying the rule by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (Osha) that requires employees to be vaccinated or tested weekly would lead to thousands of hospitalizations and deaths, the government said in a filing with the sixth US circuit court of appeals on Tuesday.
This article was amended on 23 November 2021 to correct an error in the standfirst.
