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Russia's capital Moscow ordered all workers with public-facing roles to be vaccinated in June, giving companies a month to ensure at least 60 per cent of staff had received first doses. AP
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Passengers at Miami International Airport, Miami, Florida. In September, US president Joe Biden ordered all federal workers and contractors to be vaccinated against Covid-19. A mandate that private-sector workers be vaccinated or tested weekly is due to be enforced from January 4. EPA
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Canada said last month that it would place unvaccinated government employees on unpaid leave and require Covid-19 shots for air, train and ship passengers. Bloomberg
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Saudi Arabia in May made it mandatory that all public and private sector workers wishing to attend a workplace get vaccinated. Reuters
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Tunisia in October said it required officials, employees and visitors to show a card proving inoculation to access public and private workplaces. Getty
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Egypt insists public sector workers are either vaccinated or take a weekly coronavirus test in order to work in government buildings. Reuters
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Russia's capital Moscow ordered all workers with public-facing roles to be vaccinated in June, giving companies a month to ensure at least 60 per cent of staff had received first doses. AP
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Passengers at Miami International Airport, Miami, Florida. In September, US president Joe Biden ordered all federal workers and contractors to be vaccinated against Covid-19. A mandate that private-sector workers be vaccinated or tested weekly is due to be enforced from January 4. EPA
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Canada said last month that it would place unvaccinated government employees on unpaid leave and require Covid-19 shots for air, train and ship passengers. Bloomberg
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Saudi Arabia in May made it mandatory that all public and private sector workers wishing to attend a workplace get vaccinated. Reuters
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Tunisia in October said it required officials, employees and visitors to show a card proving inoculation to access public and private workplaces. Getty
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Egypt insists public sector workers are either vaccinated or take a weekly coronavirus test in order to work in government buildings. Reuters
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Russia's capital Moscow ordered all workers with public-facing roles to be vaccinated in June, giving companies a month to ensure at least 60 per cent of staff had received first doses. AP
Which countries have made Covid-19 vaccination mandatory?
As nations go back into various degrees of lockdown, this list explains which governments are making inoculation a must
Reuters
19 November, 2021
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