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Gov. Gavin Newsom will reportedly announce Wednesday that all California teachers be vaccinated against COVID-19 or be tested regularly.
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California will become the first state in the US to implement such a mandate.
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The vaccine mandate is slated to take effect in mid-October, according to CNN.
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California is slated to become the first state in the US to mandate that teachers and other school employees get vaccinated against COVID-19 or be tested regularly, reports said.
Gov. Gavin Newsom will announce the requirement Wednesday, anonymous sources told CNN and Politico.
The vaccine mandate will take effect in mid-October, according to CNN.
School districts in other California areas like San Francisco, San Jose and Long Beach have already issued similar requirements that staffers must get the COVID-19 vaccine or be tested reguarly.
California’s largest school district, Los Angeles Unified, recently announced that it was requiring that all students and employees -regardless of vaccination status – be tested for the coronavirus weekly.
Coronavirus cases, fueled by the highly contagious Delta variant, have been surging across the US, including in California.
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