Responding to the rising number of COVID-19 cases, two health care companies â including Baylor Scott & White Health â announced that they will now require vaccinations for its employees.
All employees as well as providers, volunteers, vendors, students and contract staff must be fully vaccinated by Oct. 1, according to the Baylor Scott & White Health. The change comes as many other organizations, including the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, issued a vaccination requirement.
Deke Jones, spokesman for Baylor Scott & White, said the highly contagious delta variant and the start of the flu season made now the right time to issue the requirement.
Ascension Providence Hospital to require COVID-19 vaccinations
Ascension Providence
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Ascension Providence Hospital in Waco will be requiring all associates to be vaccinated against COVID-19, joining many health systems in the country and locally.
This is the same day as Baylor Scott & White Health s announcement on Wednesday, July 28, that it will require all employees to receive the COVID-19 vaccine as well. Ascension conducted a thorough moral and ethical analysis as part of the decision-making process, said the system in a release. This decision is rooted in our Mission commitment to leading with quality and safety. As a healthcare provider and as a Catholic ministry, ensuring we have a culture of safety for our associates, patients and communities is foundational to our work.
Two Austin hospitals to require COVID-19 vaccinations for employees
Two Austin hospitals to require COVID-19 vaccinations for employees
Ascension Seton and Baylor Scott & White both say they will be requiring all employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
AUSTIN, Texas - This week, two major hospital systems in Austin announced they will require all employees to get the COVID-19 vaccine.
On Wednesday, Baylor Scott & White released a statement mandating the vaccine for all employees by Oct. 1, 2021. With rapidly rising COVID-19 case counts due to the highly contagious Delta variant and the start of the flu season fast approaching, we believe now is the right time to take the next step in achieving a fully vaccinated workforce, said the statement in part. By Oct. 1, 2021, all Baylor Scott & White Health employees, providers, volunteers, vendors, students and contract staff must receive both doses of the Moderna or Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, or the single-dose Johnson & Johnson
American workers are facing increasing pressure to get vaccinated against Covid-19
American workers are facing increasing pressure to get vaccinated against Covid-19
Posted: Jul 29, 2021 2:50 PM
Updated: Jul 29, 2021 2:50 PM
Posted By: By Jason Hanna and Madeline Holcombe, CNN
Unvaccinated American workers are facing increasing pressure to get Covid-19 shots, as the country sees a dramatic rise in the number of government and private sector employers pushing inoculations for those who want to come to work.
The moves, which picked up pace this week, came as the highly contagious Delta variant helped send daily Covid-19 case rates higher and spurred the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to issue new masking guidance.
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