傳 Apple 已告知企業和零售員工必須施打新冠疫苗加強針

NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 28: An employee puts out a sign with Covid-19 guidelines at an Apple store on December 28, 2021 in New York City. Apple closed 11 of its retail locations in New York City in response to the rise in COVID-19 cases. (Photo by David Dee Delgado/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 28: An employee puts out a sign with Covid-19 guidelines at an Apple store on December 28, 2021 in New York City. Apple closed 11 of its retail locations in New York City in response to the rise in COVID-19 cases. (Photo by David Dee Delgado/Getty Images)

The Verge 報導,Apple 日前已透過內部電郵告知自己的企業和零售員工,從 2 月 15 日起其必須提供已施打新冠疫苗加強針的證明才能進入工作場所。一旦某位員工達到了接種的標準,他/她會有四週的時間來完成並獲得相關證明。而對於未施打加強針或無法拿出證明的人,Apple 要求其在進入工作場所時必須出示快速抗原檢測陰性的證明(但暫未確定該項要求是否同時覆蓋辦公室和店鋪員工)。

據稱 Apple 的理由非常簡單,到了現階段首批施打疫苗的效力已經「開始降低」,加上 Omicron 變種廣泛傳播,加強針勢在必行。對於媒體問詢,官方尚未做正式表態,但以其過往的決策來說這應該也是意料之中吧。