Factbox-Major U.S. companies making masks, vaccines mandatory By

(Reuters) – The resurgence of COVID-19 cases in the United States due to the Delta variant and the new guidance from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that requires fully vaccinated individuals to wear masks have led companies to change their plans on vaccinations and masking.

Here are some of the companies that have taken action following the CDC guidance.

COMPANY ACTION

Walmart (NYSE:) Inc Reinstated mask mandate for workers in U.S. counties deemed at high

risk of COVID-19 transmission and said it required corporate staff

to be vaccinated

Apple Inc (NASDAQ:) Mandated masks at most of its U.S. retail stores

Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:) Asked all U.S. employees to wear masks at work, regardless of their

vaccination status

Target Corp (NYSE:) Mandated masks for employees and recommended masks for all

customers in areas with a high risk of transmission

Home Depot Inc (NYSE:) Mandated employees, contractors and vendors to wear masks in all

stores, distribution centers, office locations and customers’

homes, regardless of vaccination status. Will also ask customers to

wear masks while in stores

Alphabet (NASDAQ:) Inc Mandated vaccinations for all employees to step into offices and

extended work-from-home policy through Oct. 18

Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:) Mandated vaccinations for all employees to step into offices

Twitter Inc (NYSE:) Shut its reopened offices and paused future office reopenings

Lyft Inc (NASDAQ:) Mandated vaccinations for employees returning to office and

postponed office reopenings to February from September

Netflix Inc (NASDAQ:) Mandated vaccinations for cast and crew on all its U.S productions

Salesforce.com (NYSE:) Mandated vaccinations for employees to return to some of its

offices

Walt Disney (NYSE:) Inc Mandated mask requirements beginning July 30 for all guests while

indoors regardless of their vaccination status, and that all

salaried and non-union hourly U.S. employees working at any of its

sites be fully vaccinated

Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:) Requires all U.S employees to wear a mask while indoors. Retail

staff to wear face coverings when on the store floor.

AT & T Inc Employees who come in to work locations in areas with high or

substantial transmission of COVID-19 are required to wear face

masks regardless of vaccination status. Management employees need

to be vaccinated before entering a work location.

LinkedIn Corp To allow most employees to opt for full-time remote work as offices

gradually reopen

U.S. automakers General Motors Co (NYSE:), Ford Motor (NYSE:) Co and Stellantis NV to reinstate the

wearing of masks at all U.S. plants, offices and warehouses,

regardless of vaccination status

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