Vaccinations mandatory for Disney staff

Disney has become the latest big American company to make vaccination against coronavirus mandatory as concern grows about the rise of a third wave.

Guests take a selfie at Walt Disney World in Florida last year. Picture: Getty Images

Disney has become the latest big American company to make vaccination against coronavirus mandatory as concern grows about the rise of a third wave of the pandemic.

The media conglomerate will require all salaried employees at any of its sites in the US to become vaccinated against the disease. The retail giant Walmart, America’s biggest private sector employer, also said all corporate staff must get jabbed.

America’s largest businesses are increasingly taking a tougher line on Covid-19 jabs amid worries about the highly infectious Delta variant.

Worries about low take-up of the jabs in the US prompted President Joe Biden to set out rules requiring federal staff to show they are vaccinated or else face regular Covid testing.

Corporate America is shifting in the same direction. Internet giant Google has said vaccinations will be mandatory for employees entering its US offices.

Facebook and Morgan Stanley, the Wall Street bank, have also followed suit.

The Times