NY will not require booster shots for health care workers
New York will not require booster shots for health care workers ahead of Feb. 21 deadline.
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New York will not require booster shots for health care workers ahead of Feb. 21 deadline.
ALBANY — New York will not enforce its mandate requiring health care workers to get COVID-19 boosters in light of concerns about staffing shortages, state health officials said Friday.
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"One hard lesson we learned about what happens when there's a lack of investment is how our health care system crumbled under the stress of the pandemic," Gov. Kathy Hochul
She considers the worker crunch to be both acute and chronic.