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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5230/A.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Reports Say Biden Considering Federal Vaccination Requirement' data-article-id='5814'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='11813'>The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden is considering ordering federal employees to prove that they have been vaccinated against COVID-19. </span> <span data-start-time='11813' data-end-time='21604'>Also under consideration are requirements for regular testing and wearing of face coverings or masks.</span> <span data-start-time='21604' data-end-time='34979'>The possible actions would represent a major policy change as concerns grow about the spread of the highly infectious Delta variant of the coronavirus.</span> <span data-start-time='34979' data-end-time='43854'>A person who knows about the plans spoke to the Associated Press but asked not to be identified. </span> <span data-start-time='43854' data-end-time='58792'>The person said the possible official order, or mandate, for vaccination could be put in place even if an area does not have a high rate of transmission of the virus. </span> <span data-start-time='58792' data-end-time='65833'>Administration officials are expected to release their final decision this week.</span> <span data-start-time='65833' data-end-time='79854'>The Office of Management and Budget says that in 2020 there were more than 4.2 million federal workers including those in the military.</span> <span data-start-time='79854' data-end-time='91125'>Biden suggested on Tuesday that expanding a vaccination requirement to all federal workers was “under consideration.” </span> <span data-start-time='91125' data-end-time='95250'>He offered no additional details. </span> <span data-start-time='95250' data-end-time='107979'>The Department of Veterans Affairs on Monday became the first federal agency to require vaccinations for its health workers.</span> <span data-start-time='107979' data-end-time='118771'>On Tuesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or CDC, changed its guidelines for mask wearing.</span> <span data-start-time='118771' data-end-time='136646'>It recommended that all Americans living in areas with “substantial and high transmission” rates of COVID-19 should wear masks indoors whether they have been vaccinated or not.</span> <span data-start-time='136646' data-end-time='141125'>Masks are now required at the White House again. </span> <span data-start-time='141125' data-end-time='154958'>And an assistant to Vice President Kamala Harris asked reporters to wear masks during Harris’s meeting with Native American leaders on voting issues. </span> <span data-start-time='154958' data-end-time='167417'>The recent information from the CDC says that Washington, D.C. has a substantial transmission rate of COVID-19.</span> <span data-start-time='167417' data-end-time='176292'>In addition to the White House, masks also are being required in the House of Representatives.</span> <span data-start-time='176292' data-end-time='192604'>The Capitol’s Attending Physician Brian Monahan required masks for all individuals whether or not they had been vaccinated when entering rooms in the House area. </span> <span data-start-time='192604' data-end-time='201313'>Earlier rules that fined representatives can be put in place again, reports say.</span> <span data-start-time='201313' data-end-time='208896'>In the Senate, however, masks are recommended but not required.</span> <span data-start-time='208896' data-end-time='219979'>Biden dismissed concerns that the new mask guidance from the CDC would create confusion among Americans. </span> <span data-start-time='219979' data-end-time='227854'>He said people who remain unvaccinated are the ones causing problems.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5230/A.jpeg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=17878 data-hint-location='118771' style='display:none;'><div 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