Philadelphia mandates Covid-19 vaccine for all city employees, some contractors

The City of Philadelphia will require all city employees and certain contractors to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 by January 14. Workers that fail to comply with the mandate, which was announced Friday, will be placed on unpaid leave for 15 days. If they do not start the vaccination process during that time period, their employment will be terminated. "As public servants, we bear a responsibility to mitigate the harm that would result from inadvertent transmission of Covid-19 to our colleagues…