Ontario won't mandate COVID-19 vaccines for hospital workers
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Premier Doug Ford has announced he will not mandate COVID-19 vaccines for hospital workers, saying he's 'not prepared to jeopardize the delivery of care to millions of Ontarians.'
In a statement on Wednesday, Ford said mandatory vaccines for hospital workers is a "complex issue" that could result in the "potential departure of tens of thousands of health care workers."
Ford said the government has decided to maintain a "flexible approach by leaving human resourcing decisions up to individual hospitals."
He said the "small number" of COVID-19 outbreaks in Ontario hospitals is not worth enforcing a provincial vaccine policy.
Six of Ontario's 141 hospital are currently experiencing a COVID-19 outbreak, Ford said.
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