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Originally published on April 8, 2021 5:35 pm
Thousands of health care workers across North Carolina, charged with the care of patients, have declined to get COVID-19 vaccinations, even as eligibility has opened to the entire state.
Hospitals that were willing to disclose employee vaccination rates reported between 40% and 75% of hospital staff members have been vaccinated, a NC Watchdog Reporting Network survey shows.
The informal survey was sent to 32 health systems, representing about 100 hospitals across the state. Fifteen health systems were willing to provide at least some data on the number of vaccinated employees.
The overall uptake rate among the state s roughly 200,000 hospital employees surprised even state health care leaders.
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The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) urges the Americas to be on their guard, stating that 2021 could have a greater surge in COVID compared to 2020. The World Health Organization s (WHO) body in the region warned countries in Latin America that can witness a worse spike in coronavirus infections, according to an Al Jazeera report.
Since January 1, 2021, PAHO has recorded 19.7 million cases of COVID-19 in the Americas. Meanwhile, 475,000 individuals from the region have lost their lives due to the notorious disease.
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PAHO pointed out that the number of deaths in the region also remained high. Recent data has recorded 34 thousand deaths in the previous week. Among the countries in the region with the highest death rates are Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, and Peru, according to the news briefing from PAHO.