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The University of Pennsylvania Health System and RWJBarnabas Health have joined Houston Methodist in mandating employees get vaccinated against COVID-19, spokespeople for the two health systems confirmed Thursday.
Penn Medicine in Philadelphia is dictating all clinical and other employees get fully inoculated by September 1. RWJBarnabas in New Jersey is requiring supervisors and executives to be fully vaccinated by June 30; the system has not issued a mandate for all employees, but it is anticipated that it will eventually be required, its spokesperson wrote in an email to
MedPage Today. Both systems are allowing employees to apply for medical or religious exemptions.
University of Pennsylvania Health System requires employees to get COVID vaccine or they re fired
Fox Business 1 hr ago Bradford Betz
The University of Pennsylvania Health System has given its employees an ultimatum: get the COVID vaccine before Sept. 1 or get fired.
The memo, which comes amid a debate about how far companies should go in compelling vaccines, was sent to employees on Wednesday.
All employees and clinical staff must be vaccinated against the vaccine no later than Sept. 1, 2021, a Penn Medicine spokesperson told FOX Business.
Effective July 1, 2021, all new hires will either have to provide proof of vaccinations or have had completed their vaccinations at least two weeks before beginning work.
If You Work Here, Get Vaccine or Get Fired
The University of Pennsylvania Health System has given its employees an ultimatum: get the COVID vaccine before Sept. 1 or get fired.
The memo, which comes amid a debate about how far companies should go in compelling vaccines, was sent to employees on Wednesday.
All employees and clinical staff must be vaccinated against the vaccine no later than Sept. 1, 2021, a Penn Medicine spokesperson told FOX Business.
An exterior photo of the Drexel University College of Medicine. During a tour of the Drexel University College of Medicine at Tower Health under construction in Wyomissing Tuesday afternoon May 4, 2021. (Getty Images)