Meta parent companies of Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram will no longer ask their employees to take booster vaccines so they can return to work in the office.
Now some technology companies seem to start wooing their workers to return to the office. Meta and Microsoft have been gradually reopening offices in the United States since late March.
"We updated our requirements in early March to align with CDC guidelines, and now a COVID-19 booster is no longer required as an office entry requirement, although it is strongly recommended. While the main vaccination requirements (dose one and two) remain in effect," a spokesperson said. Meta as quoted by us from CNBC, Thursday (7/4/2022).
The changes come less than three months after the social networking giant announced back-to-office rules. A Meta spokesperson did not provide an explanation for the changes.
According to New York Times data, in California, where Meta is headquartered, 71% of the population has been fully vaccinated, and 35% have received booster injections. The newspaper's data also showed that the number of COVID-19 cases in the US had declined since January.
Unlike Meta and Microsoft, other technology companies such as Apple, which is also based in California's San Francisco Bay Area, still require employees to show proof that they have received booster injections.
To note, the US Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday (29/3) allowed a second Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna COVID booster (fourth dose) for people 50 years of age or older, at least four months after receiving the first booster. .