Pressure on staff to be vaccinated in Swiss nursing home sparks controversy
The Kohlfirst retirement home in Zurich’s Weinland has a long term aim to ensure that all employees are vaccinated against Covid-19, according to SRF.
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Pressure to be vaccinated is being applied in numerous ways, such as greater testing of those who are unvaccinated and preferential access to outside training courses for those already vaccinated.
The staff vaccination rate is now around 70%. But some staff have started to push back with complaints of discrimination and questions regarding legality.
However, the nursing home sees no validity in these discrimination claims. Instead it believes it has an obligation to protect staff and residents. According to management the virus was rampant in the nursing home at the end of 2020. Around half a dozen employees continue to suffer long-term symptoms, with one person still unable to work, and 15 residents have died from the disea
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