NEW YORK — New York is ending its COVID vaccine mandate for well being care employees.
The state’s Division of Well being says the change is “because of the altering panorama of the COVID-19 pandemic.”
“As a result of altering panorama of the COVID-19 pandemic and evolving vaccine suggestions, the New York State Division of Well being has begun the method of repealing the COVID-19 vaccine requirement for employees at regulated well being care services. All through the general public well being emergency, this vaccine requirement served as a essential public well being instrument, serving to to guard each well being care employees and the sufferers below their care. Because the repeal of this regulation awaits consideration for approval by the Public Well being and Well being Planning Council (PHHPC), the Division is not going to begin any new enforcement actions. Nevertheless, it must be famous that services ought to proceed to implement their very own inner insurance policies concerning COVID-19 vaccination.”
It comes after years of authorized challenges and 1000’s of well being care employees shedding their jobs.
Whereas the state will now not implement vaccinations, services can nonetheless select to implement their very own insurance policies.
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