Some of the largest hospital groups in the U.S. have dropped COVID-19 vaccine requirements for staff after a federal judge temporarily stopped the Biden administration mandate for health care workers.
But it’s unclear how many individual hospitals will suspend the vaccine mandate as some states -- such as California and New York -- have their own vaccine requirements for health care workers.
“We continue to strongly encourage our colleagues to be vaccinated as a critical step to protect individuals from the virus,” Harlow Sumerford, an HCA spokesman, told theOther hospital systems have maintained their vaccine mandates, the newspaper reported. Kaiser Permanente, which runs 39 hospitals, hundreds of medical offices, and has 210,000 employees, gave workers until Dec. 1 to get vaccinated. So far, 98% of staff are vaccinated.
Hospitals that are dropping the vaccine requirements are often adding other safety protocols, such as regular employee testing, thereported. The Cleveland Clinic said that it was adding more measures, such as testing those who provide direct care to patients.
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