{"id":119184,"date":"2021-08-02T18:10:34","date_gmt":"2021-08-02T18:10:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/?p=119184"},"modified":"2021-08-02T18:10:34","modified_gmt":"2021-08-02T18:10:34","slug":"senegal-warns-employers-against-covid-19-vaccine-mandates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/markets\/senegal-warns-employers-against-covid-19-vaccine-mandates\/","title":{"rendered":"Senegal warns employers against COVID-19 vaccine mandates"},"content":{"rendered":"<figcaption>FILE PHOTO: Doctor Khardiata Diallo stands outside a room of a patient who is suffering from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at the infectious diseases department of the Fann University Hospital in Dakar, amid a surge of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in Senegal July 28, 2021. Picture taken July 28, 2021.REUTERS\/Zohra Bensemra\/File Photo<\/figcaption><p>DAKAR (Reuters) &#8211; Senegal\u2019s government warned employers on Monday not to refuse entry to workers who are not vaccinated against COVID-19, calling such measures discriminatory.<\/p>\n<p>Fewer than 1 million of Senegal\u2019s roughly 16 million people have been vaccinated, but some employers have begun to ask unvaccinated workers to stay at home as infections and deaths hit record numbers during the ongoing third wave.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Senegal\u2019s public electricity company said unvaccinated workers would be placed on annual leave beginning on Aug. 16. Some private employers have announced similar measures.<\/p>\n<p>Labour Minister Samba Sy said in a circular to employers that because Senegalese law does not require vaccination, employers could not penalise workers based on vaccination status.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese measures, which are discriminatory and violate the rights of workers, have no legal basis,\u201d Sy said.<\/p>\n<p>Senegal\u2019s total number of COVID-19 cases jumped 44% in July to over 62,000, leaving hospitals in the capital Dakar nearly overrun.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-health-coronavirus-senegal\/senegal-warns-employers-against-covid-19-vaccine-mandates-idUSKBN2F31SH\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FILE PHOTO: Doctor Khardiata Diallo stands outside a room of a patient who is suffering from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at the infectious diseases department [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":119183,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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