More healthcare groups making COVID-19 vaccine a requirement for its employees
News 11's Cody Lee shares what our local medical facilities are doing
YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY) - Major medical groups in Arizona and California are now requiring employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Here in the desert southwest, one healthcare center is following suit and the others are leaving it up to employees to decide.
News 11 spoke to several medical centers in the desert southwest. As of right now, Regional Center for Border Health is the only healthcare organization mandating inoculation.
In a statement reading in part:
“We are requiring the vaccine to all of our employees with the exception of employees that show a letter from their physician & in some cases for religious purposes.”