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New York Hospitals, Schools Fear Staff Shortages Over Vaccine Rules
HuffPost
Health care workers in the state and teachers in NYC have until Sept. 27 to get the COVID-19 shot.
NEW YORK (AP) — Some of the nation’s most aggressive COVID-19 vaccine mandates are scheduled to take effect Monday in New York amid continued resistance from some to the shots, leaving hospitals and nursing homes across the state and schools in New York City bracing for possible staff shortages.
Many health care workers, including support staff such as cleaners, have still not yet received a required first shot of the COVID-19 vaccine days before a Sept. 27 deadline. That’s the same deadline for teachers and school workers in New York City to prove they’ve received at least one shot.
That left the prospect of potentially thousands of health care workers and teachers being forced off the job next week.