We'll explain who will be required to get COVID-19 vaccines under the new administration plan. Meanwhile, more than 98% of people hospitalized with a COVID-19 diagnosis between June and August this year were unvaccinated.
Roughly one in 500 people in the US have died from COVID-19, and vaccination rates have slowed despite the uptick in delta variant cases.
President Joe Biden is aiming to get about 84 million more Americans vaccinated. Some students have reportedly withdrawn from college due to the mandates. Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich, a Republican, requested a restraining order to block the federal vaccine mandate.
But there's also opposition from some groups: 10 states have sued the Biden administration in response to the vaccine requirement for health workers.
