Gov. Hochul announced her administration will require health care workers to get a booster shot within two weeks of becoming eligible, saying 'we need them to have the best fortification they possibly can, and that means getting a booster shot as well.”
Gov. Kathy Hochul holds a news briefing on the status of COVID-19 in New York state on January 3rd.Gov. Kathy Hochul holds a news briefing on the status of COVID-19 in New York state on January 3rd.First, New York state required health care workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Now they’ll have to get boosted, too.
It builds on the state’s existing vaccine mandate for those in the industry, which allows for medical exemptions but otherwise does not have an option to submit to regular COVID-19 testing to avoid the requirement.
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