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Discovery says it intends to move to a mandatory vaccination policy for its employees, effective January 1 2022. Its offices and sites will become vaccination-only zones.
The country’s largest health insurer says it made this decision based on a clear moral and social obligation, informed by its core purpose to make people healthier and to enhance and protect their lives; and supported by a legal obligation to protect and safeguard all employees from all potential risks.
It further justifies this move by saying that Covid-19 is an unprecedented health tragedy; with the fourth wave posing a further risk.
The group has helped vaccinate over 890 000 members of Discovery Health administered schemes and 300 000 individuals outside of this.
Across its nine Discovery vaccination sites, it has deployed 1 000 staff at a cost of R42 million. It expects this programme to cost R200 million in total.
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