Microsoft to require vaccines for workers at its US offices

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Microsoft said Tuesday that employees, vendors and guests entering Microsoft's buildings in the US will be required to show proof of vaccination beginning in September.

The tech firm said Tuesday that employees, vendors and guests entering Microsoft's buildings in the US will be required to show proof of vaccination beginning in September.

The company has more than 180,000 global employees, with around 100,000 in the US.Read MoreThe recent increase in Covid-19 cases due to the spread of the Delta variant is causing many companies to rethink their reopening plans. Last week, Silicon Valley giants Facebook and Google said they will require employees returning to their campuses to be vaccinated. Microsoft said employees with a medical condition or other protected reason not to be vaccinated can get an accommodation.

 

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Regardless of proof of vaccination status, it would be more prudent to start requiring masks for everyone. There is no operational way to distinguish who is or isn't vaccinated beforehand.

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