Virginia Worker Safety Board Agrees to Covid-19 Rule Revocation (1)

Virginia’s first-in-the-nation rule protecting workers from Covid-19 infections could be revoked within the week following a vote Monday by the state’s Safety and Health Codes Board.

The board voted 6-0 that Covid-19 no longer posed a “grave danger” to workers and recommended that Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) approve withdrawing the standard.

Youngkin is certain to remove the rule as he’d asked the board in January, shortly after his inauguration, to decide if the measure was still needed. After he signs off, the revocation becomes official once a notice is published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch newspaper. It’s expected to take effect ...