Reports: Astros, Nationals mandating COVID-19 vaccines

The Houston Astros and the Washington Nationals are reportedly mandating COVID-19 vaccines for non-playing staff.

According to ESPN, the Astros and Nationals are the archetypal Major League Baseball organizations to marque the vaccine mandatory.

The Houston Chronicle says Astros employees received an email successful aboriginal July that said unvaccinated unit would not beryllium allowed into Astros offices starting connected July 30.

The Nationals released a connection to ESPN astir the determination to mandate vaccines.

"Like galore organizations, the Washington Nationals decided to marque COVID-19 vaccines mandatory for each full-time staff. Employees were notified of this argumentation connected August 12 and had until August 26th to either supply impervious of afloat vaccination, impervious of archetypal changeable oregon use for an exemption," the connection reads. "As a company, we person a work to bash everything we tin to support 1 different harmless and felt that mandating vaccines was the implicit close happening to bash for our employees and our community."

The MLB reports two-thirds of its 30 teams person reached an 85% vaccination complaint for players and different staff.