Updated 3 hours ago
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Methodist Health System on Thursday became the lastest North Texas health care provider to require its workforce to be vaccinated against COVID-19 by Oct. 1.
The mandate to get the vaccine in the next two months applies to on-campus and remote workers, both employed and affiliated physicians, volunteers, vendors, students and contract staff.
"The highly contagious delta variant is causing another spike in the number of COVID-19 infections in North Texas," Methodist senior executives explained in an email to about 10,000 employees Thursday morning. "We believe the best way to keep our hospitals and communities safe is to achieve a fully vaccinated workforce."