Two Austin hospitals to require COVID-19 vaccinations for employees
Two Austin hospitals to require COVID-19 vaccinations for employees
Ascension Seton and Baylor Scott & White both say they will be requiring all employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
AUSTIN, Texas - This week, two major hospital systems in Austin announced they will require all employees to get the COVID-19 vaccine.
On Wednesday, Baylor Scott & White released a statement mandating the vaccine for all employees by Oct. 1, 2021. With rapidly rising COVID-19 case counts due to the highly contagious Delta variant and the start of the flu season fast approaching, we believe now is the right time to take the next step in achieving a fully vaccinated workforce, said the statement in part. By Oct. 1, 2021, all Baylor Scott & White Health employees, providers, volunteers, vendors, students and contract staff must receive both doses of the Moderna or Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, or the single-dose Johnson & Johnson
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Austin requesting staffing help from state as COVID hospitalizations increase
Requesting help from the state is a strategy that has been utilized during peak pandemic periods.
AUSTIN, Texas - Hospitals in Travis County are experiencing a shortage of staff as COVID hospitalizations increase, according to Austin-Travis County Health Authority Dr. Desmar Walkes. Our ICU bed capacity is strained and largely this is due to the fact that we have a shortage of staff, said Dr. Walkes in an APH briefing on Thursday. We are in the process of making a request to the state for help with additional staffing.
However, according to a spokesperson for Ascension Seton, Baylor Scott & White, and St. David’s HealthCare, the Austin-area hospitals are currently staffed appropriately.