Coronavirus support for you and your employees

COVID-19’s impact extends far beyond public health. Businesses across the country have had their foundations tested. They’ve had to make difficult choices about how to sustain their operations and right-size their workforces. Safe and effective vaccines offer the best protection against severe illness from COVID-19 and its variants to your employees — and economic recovery for your business. Implementing a workforce vaccine policy can also help protect your employees and your business.

COVID-19 news in brief

• Boosters: The CDC is recommending that people 12 years and older get an updated vaccine booster for better protection against the Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 variants that are currently causing most cases in the U.S. Kaiser Permanente is administering updated boosters as supply allows and according to CDC clinical guidance.
• Novavax: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is recommending use of Novavax, a COVID-19 vaccine authorized by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as a primary vaccination series for adolescents ages 12–17 years. Kaiser Permanente is administering the Novavax vaccine according to CDC clinical guidance. COVID-19 vaccination locations can also be found at vaccines.gov.. external link
• COVID-19 testing: For the latest information on COVID-19 testing including how Kaiser Permanente members can get a COVID-19 test, visit kp.org/covidtesting.. external link