Pentagon rescinds Covid-19 vaccine mandate

Washington (AFP) Jan 10, 2023

US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on Tuesday rescinded the Pentagon’s Covid-19 vaccine mandate, a move required by Congress over his objections as part of the 2023 defense spending bill.

Austin wrote in a memo scrapping the mandate – under which the Pentagon says more than 8,000 military personnel were discharged for refusing to comply – that he is “deeply proud” of the Defense Departme
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