Alphabet Inc’s Google is temporarily mandating weekly COVID-19 testing for anyone entering Google offices or facilities in the United States, citing a memo obtained by the news channel.
The report said anyone who comes into Google’s US workplaces will be required to test negative, report immunization status, and wear a surgical-grade mask to the office.
The tentative policy of weekly testing comes as cases of the highly infectious Omicron variant surge in the country, the report said.
Google did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.
Last month, Google said it was delaying its return-to-office plan globally through January amid growing concerns over the Omicron version.
Google, which was one of the first companies to ask its employees to work from home during the pandemic, told its employees that they would lose pay if they did not follow its COVID-19 vaccination rules and will eventually be fired, according to a CNBC report in December.
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