Delta Air Lines, Airbnb, Peloton: Stocks That Defined the Week
Delta Air Lines Inc.
Delta won’t let unvaxxed workers fly under the radar. The airline on Wednesday announced its plan to impose monthly $200 health-insurance surcharges for employees who haven’t gotten their Covid-19 shots, starting in November. Meanwhile, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. will require employees and office visitors to be fully vaccinated starting Sept. 7, while all of Walt Disney Co. ’s Florida theme-park workers must have all their shots by Oct. 22. Delta shares rose 1.9% Wednesday.
Pfizer Inc.
Pfizer and BioNTech SE took their shot and won. The Food and Drug Administration on Monday cleared the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine for people 16 and older, the agency’s first full approval of a Covid-19 vaccine. Regulators green-lit the shot last year on an emergency-use basis, just as they did for Moderna Inc. and Johnson & Johnson ’s vaccines. Public-health officials see the FDA’s approval as a key step to convince hesitant individuals to get the shot and to encourage employers to mandate it, especially amid a surge in cases tied to the contagious Delta variant. Pfizer shares added 2.5% Monday.
