VA requires COVID-19 vaccination for health care workers
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July 25, 2021
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Veterans Affairs on Monday became the first major federal agency to require health care workers to get COVID-19 vaccines, as the aggressive delta variant spreads and some communities report troubling increases in hospitalizations among unvaccinated people.
The VA's move came on a day when nearly 60 leading medical and health care organizations issued a call for health care facilities to require their workers to get vaccinated.
At the VA, vaccines will be now mandatory for specified health care personnel — including physicians, dentists, podiatrists, optometr...
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