“The COVID-19 vaccination will be required of all employees of the DC government who work in structures accountable to the mayor,” Bowser wrote on her Twitter.

2 / Vaccination against COVID-19 will be a requirement for all DC Government employees who work in agencies that report to the Mayor.

Employees will have until Sunday, September 19, 2021 to meet the job requirement of being fully vaccinated.

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- Mayor Muriel Bowser (@MayorBowser) August 10, 2021

These individuals must be vaccinated by September 19, 2021.

Earlier it became known that US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin plans to request permission from American leader Joe Biden to introduce compulsory coronavirus vaccination for all military personnel in the country.