Novartis tightens up its COVID-19 vaccine policy for staff

Novartis has joined a growing number of companies insisting that its workforce is double vaccinated against COVID-19 if they want to work at one of its sites.

The Swiss pharma group had earlier said it would require staff to either be vaccinated or have a negative COVID-19 test result within the last 14 days before visiting one of its facilities, but will now insist on a full primary course of shots or recovery from COVID-19 within the last six months.