Tuesday, July 13, 2021
All employees at Mercy Health hospitals and clinics including those in Carroll County will be required to receive the COVID-19 vaccine beginning Sept. 30.
The announcement of the new requirement came last week as the new Delta variant of COVID-19 continues to spread rapidly in Missouri, where Mercy has hospitals and clinics in Joplin, Springfield, St. Louis and other locations. Mercy also serves communities in Arkansas and Oklahoma, where COVID numbers are also increasing because of the Delta variant.
According to Mercy spokesman Jennifer Cook, the positive impact of the vaccine is easy to see.
Right now, she said, the majority of Mercy patients recently hospitalized with the novel coronavirus have not been vaccinated.
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In Springfield, Mo., firefighters are giving vaccine shots. Churches are scrambling
to schedule vaccine clinics. Students and staff at summer school at the public schools are back to wearing masks.
Dozens of traveling nurses are due to arrive at one of the city s two biggest hospitals over the coming weeks; extra ventilators from around Missouri and Arkansas were transported to the other major hospital after it ran short over the July Fourth weekend.
The outbreak of COVID-19 in southwest Missouri and northern Arkansas has become the nation s largest and is mostly driven by the highly contagious delta variant. Officials warn it could continue to grow unchecked if vaccination rates stay low.
COVID Cases In Parts Of Missouri And Arkansas Surge To Levels Not Seen Since Winter
at 8:58 am NPR
In Springfield, Mo., firefighters are giving vaccine shots. Churches are scrambling to schedule vaccine clinics. Students and staff at summer school at the public schools are back to wearing masks.
Dozens of traveling nurses are due to arrive at one of the city s two biggest hospitals over the coming weeks; extra ventilators from around Missouri and Arkansas were transported to the other major hospital after it ran short over the July Fourth weekend.
The outbreak of COVID-19 in southwest Missouri and northern Arkansas has become the nation s largest and is mostly driven by the highly contagious delta variant. Officials warn it could continue to grow unchecked if vaccination rates stay low.
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