Covid-19 live updates: Biden expresses dismay as SCOTUS blocks workplace vaccination mandate

Some are asking parents to step in.CDC will let cruise rules expire as omicron surges on ships Amid omicron and flight cancellations, earnings begin to shed light on health of airline industryBiden scrambles on testing amid forecasts that omicron may soon peak in the U.S.Employers face patchwork of state policies on worker vaccination after Supreme Court orderYet another Downing Street lockdown party comes to light in Britain Key coronavirus updates from around the world Australia cancels Djokovic’s visa again, upending his quest for record 21st Grand Slam title Schools are facing dire staff shortages. Some are asking parents to step in.CDC will let cruise rules expire as omicron surges on ships Amid omicron and flight cancellations, earnings begin to shed light on health of airline industryWhy?The Washington Post is providing this news free to all readers as a public service.Follow this story and more by signing up for national breaking news email alerts.President Biden expressed dismay at the Supreme Court’s decision on Thursday to halt his administration’s efforts to impose a requirement for coronavirus vaccinations or testing on businesses with at least 100 workers.“I am disappointed that the Supreme Court has chosen to block common-sense life-saving requirements for employees at large businesses that were grounded squarely in both science and the law,” he said in a statement, adding that he would still push companies to immunize their employees. But they said the website and related efforts are probably coming too late to significantly dampen the wave fueled by the omicron variant of the coronavirus, which has infected a record number of people and torn through major metropolitan areas over the past six weeks.The Supreme Court’s decision that large companies don’t have to force workers to get coronavirus shots or tests leaves employers facing a patchwork of clashing state policies over their role in protecting their workforces from the surging pandemic.The court order Thursday lands on the polarized American landscape just three days after employers with at least 100 workers — apart from the relatively few that already required vaccines or testing — put into effect vaccine verification and other aspects of the rule.