Yelp Announces New COVID-19 Features for Businesses – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
In light of the recent surge in COVID-19 cases from the Delta variant, Yelp announced two new free attributes – “Evidence of Vaccination Required” and “All Employees Fully Vaccinated” – for companies running their Pages.
Users can filter on these attributes when searching for local businesses on Yelp, and may see “Evidence of Vaccination Required” in search results for a restaurant, grocery, and nightlife company.
Businesses need to go to the Company Information section to add the attributes to their Yelp pages. For instructions, click here.
What the attributes look like in company profiles. (Credit: Yelp)
Yelp said to protect companies that violate their vaccination policies, they will proactively monitor Yelp pages of companies that enable these attributes and protect them from reviews primarily related to the COVID-19 health and health issues they enforce Criticize security measures.
“This is one of the essential steps Yelp is taking to maintain the integrity and quality of the content on our platform,” Yelp said in a statement.
NBC 7’s Artie Ojeda spoke to a restaurant owner about his decision to require proof of vaccine for indoor diners.
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