United States VA Mandates COVID Vaccine for All Medical Employees We have seen many recent COVID-19 mandates from businesses and health providers including in the Sioux Empire with Sanford Health making the announcement last week. You can add another local health provider to that list as nationally the VA announced on Monday that they would be requiring the COVID-19 vaccines for all medical employees meaning the VA located in Sioux Falls will abide by those requirements as well. The New York Times reports that those included in the list of medical employees will be "doctors, dentists, registered nurses, physician assistants, and some specialists."