Dec 15, 2020
(Cleveland) - The first doses of Pfizer s COVID-19 vaccine arrive at hospitals in Northeast Ohio today. Both Cleveland Clinic and MetroHealth are scheduled to have deliveries of the vaccine.
MetroHealth says the first doses of the vaccine will be on a truck that arrives Tuesday morning between 9 and 11. The box or boxes containing the vials of vaccine will be unloaded, and then put in special freezers. The vaccine must be stored at about 100 degrees below zero.
Medical personnel at both hospitals will be the first to receive the vaccine. MetroHealth says it will start administering the vaccine at 12 noon on Wednesday.
Even though employers can require workers to get a COVID-19 vaccine, few are expected to.
Like so much else about the coronavirus outbreak, getting workers vaccinated against the disease isn t a simple issue. It really is nuanced. It really does depend. You have to know your workforce. You have to know your clientele, said Bob Harris, a labor and employment attorney with the Columbus law firm of Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease.
Generally, employers can require their employers to get vaccines as a condition of employment as long as it is job related and considered a business necessity, legal experts say. The idea is to keep the workplace safe.