Google is now requiring office workers to get weekly molecular COVID-19 tests

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The company is implementing new policies because of the rise in COVID-19 cases.

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In a memo obtained by CNBC, the company told employees that anyone going to one of its US offices will need to have a negative test for COVID-19. Karen DeSalvo, the chief health officer, said in the memo that employees have been asked to wear surgical-grade masks indoors and that workers going to the office will have to be tested weekly.

A new temporary COVID-19 policy has been implemented by the company, one where anyone who visits its US sites will be required to get a recent negative COVID-19 test before coming on site.

There are at- home tests for employees.

According to a report this week, full-time employees can get free at- home testing through BioIQ, but they also have access to a test from Cue Health that can give results in a few minutes. The mail-in BioIQ tests are being offered to contractors, which means they must wait longer for a result. Some contractors at the company have access to rapid on-site testing using the Cue machines.

As the omicron variant spreads, the changes arrive as COVID-19 cases have surged across the country. The new policies add to the directive from December requiring employees to get vaccinations or be forced to take leave and be fired. The company had to return to the office in August.

Meta requires employees to get a booster dose of vaccine when they return to work after the end of March.