The US Supreme Court on Thursday blocked President Joe Biden's decision to impose a vaccine against the Corona virus on companies that employ more than 100 employees, but upheld the mandatory vaccination of federally-funded facilities.
After spending months trying to persuade the hesitant to receive the vaccine, Biden announced in September that he intends to impose mandatory vaccinations for several categories of employees, but this measure quickly received reactions condemning the abuse of power among the Republicans and a section of the economic bodies.
And the text of the decision, which was taken by a majority of 6 judges out of 9, all conservatives, stated that the administration “instructed them either to receive the anti-Covid vaccine or to undergo examinations every week at their own expense, and this matter is not a daily task of the federal authority, it is an interference in personal life and the health of a number of Great staff."
Biden has made combating the Corona pandemic one of his administration's priorities, but the United States is witnessing a surge in Covid-19 infections due to the outbreak of the Omicron mutant.
And 62% of the population received the entire vaccine doses in the United States, while political divisions prevail on this issue in a country that has so far recorded more than 845,000 deaths due to the virus.
US President Joe Biden expressed his disappointment after the Supreme Court overturned his decision to impose mandatory vaccination against the Corona virus on medium and large companies, or to conduct tests to detect infection with Covid-19 for its employees.
"I am disappointed that the Supreme Court has chosen to block reasonable, life-saving actions for employees of major corporations," Biden said in a statement, and called on employers "to do what is appropriate to protect Americans' health and the economy."