Facebook parent company backtracks on requiring COVID booster for workers coming to office

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Facebook's parent company Meta Platforms (META) will stop requiring booster shots of COVID-19 vaccines for employees going into their U.S. offices. In January, Meta Platforms delayed its employees' return to the office to March 28.

its employees' return to the office to March 28, requiring the boosters as the omicron variant of the coronavirus spread around the nation.

"We let employees know that those who don't choose to request to work full-time remotely or temporarily continue working from home will begin working from our US offices on March 28, 2022, and that boosters are required," Facebook told FOX Business then. FILE - Facebook unveiled their new Meta sign at the company headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., on, Oct. 28, 2021.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , although loosening mask restrictions nationwide following the winter's surge, still recommends Americans remainA person is fully vaccinated two weeks after receiving all recommended doses in their primary series of COVID-19 vaccine, whereas being up to date means receiving all doses and one booster dose when eligible.

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