With eye on COVID-19 delta variant, Sanford Health goes it alone on employee vaccine mandate
Sanford Health s chief physician, Dr. Jeremy Cauwels, said Thursday the health system is moving forward with the mandate because of the growing number of the more contagious and virulent delta variant cases in Sanford s clinical footprint, which spans the Dakotas and Minnesota, and because national health care organizations have endorsed the move. 5:18 pm, Jul. 22, 2021 ×
Melodi Krank administers the Fargo area s first COVID-19 vaccine to Dr. Avish Nagpal at Sanford Medical Center on Dec. 14, 2020. David Samson / The Forum
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. With an eye on the growing threat of the COVID-19 delta variant, Sanford Health is giving its 48,000 employees until Nov. 1 to get vaccinated for COVID-19 or risk losing their jobs, the health system announced Thursday, July 22.
With eye on COVID-19 delta variant, Sanford Health goes it alone on employee vaccine mandate
Sanford Health s chief physician, Dr. Jeremy Cauwels, said Thursday the health system is moving forward with the mandate because of the growing number of the more contagious and virulent delta variant cases in Sanford s clinical footprint, which spans the Dakotas and Minnesota, and because national health care organizations have endorsed the move. 5:18 pm, Jul. 22, 2021 ×
Melodi Krank administers the Fargo area s first COVID-19 vaccine to Dr. Avish Nagpal at Sanford Medical Center on Dec. 14, 2020. David Samson / The Forum
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. With an eye on the growing threat of the COVID-19 delta variant, Sanford Health is giving its 48,000 employees until Nov. 1 to get vaccinated for COVID-19 or risk losing their jobs, the health system announced Thursday, July 22.
A Sioux Falls-based health system will require COVID-19 vaccinations for all staff before November 1st.
Sanford Health announced earlier today that any employees who do not comply with the policy are subject to termination after the November 1st deadline. Religious and medical exemptions are available.
The announcement comes amid concerns regarding the delta variant, and its spread within the state. South Dakota has detected 12 cases of the variant so far, but more are expected.
Dr. Jeremy Cauwels is the chief physician at Sanford Health.
“We want to keep our employees safe. We want to keep our residents safe, we want to keep our patients safe.” Cauwels says, “And as we look to that, the easiest way and the most uniform way to do that is to take our vaccination rate from the 70% it is right now up to 100%.”
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