White House Gives Contractors Some Leeway on Shot Mandate (1)

Federal contractors won’t lose the U.S. government’s business if their workers are moving toward full vaccination, even if they have only received one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine by the Biden administration’s earlier Jan. 4 final-shot deadline, a White House coronavirus official told Bloomberg Government.

Agencies won’t cut ties with contractors that are making a “good-faith effort” to push their employees toward full vaccination, the official said, adding that contractors shouldn’t immediately fire workers who have only received one shot by Jan. 4, 2022. Employees are considered fully vaccinated two weeks after they’ve received their final dose of the single-dose ...