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Can companies force staff to get vaccinated? They’re in ‘uncharted territory’

Requiring employees to get vaccinated before coming back to the workplace is the closest way to eliminating risk of infection at work

Once the Covid-19 vaccine is widely available to people of all age groups, companies can start to think about how the availability of the vaccine will impact the return to the office.
Once the Covid-19 vaccine is widely available to people of all age groups, companies can start to think about how the availability of the vaccine will impact the return to the office. Photo: Mark Lennihan/Getty Images

When 90-year-old Margaret Keenan became the first person in the world to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, it marked a turning point in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic that has brought the world to a standstill.

Although it will be a while before it is more widely available to people of all age groups, companies will start to ponder how the availability of the vaccine will impact – or not – the return to the office.

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