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Methodist Health System on Thursday became the lastest North Texas health care provider to require its workforce to be vaccinated against COVID-19 by Oct. 1.
The mandate to get the vaccine in the next two months applies to on-campus and remote workers, both employed and affiliated physicians, volunteers, vendors, students and contract staff. The highly contagious delta variant is causing another spike in the number of COVID-19 infections in North Texas, Methodist senior executives explained in an email to about 10,000 employees Thursday morning. We believe the best way to keep our hospitals and communities safe is to achieve a fully vaccinated workforce.
A woman receives the Pfizer-BionNTech COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday. Courtesy video, Methodist Health System
The light at the end of the tunnel moved a little closer for some health care workers at Methodist Fremont Health on Wednesday as they were among the first in the area to receive COVID-19 vaccinations.
The hospital received approximately 200 doses of the Pfizer-BionNTech COVID-19 Vaccine from the Methodist Health System on Tuesday. In total, the health system, which encompasses three campuses between Fremont and Omaha, received 1,775 doses of the vaccine.
Angela Meiergerd, a registered nurse at Methodist Fremont Health, was the first employee at the hospital to receive the vaccine.