Veterans Affairs to mandate COVID vaccine for health care personnel, first such mandate for federal agency.
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Veterans Affairs to mandate COVID vaccine for health care personnel, first such mandate for federal agency Employees will have eight weeks to be fully vaccinated, VA says
By Brooke Singman | Fox News
Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough on Monday made COVID-19 vaccinations mandatory for all VA health care personnel, the first such mandate by a federal agency.
The mandate includes physicians, dentists, nurses and others who work in patient-facing roles.
The VA said it was taking this "necessary step" to keep the veterans it serves "safe." The VA said each employee will have eight weeks to be fully vaccinated.
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"We’re mandating vaccines for Title 38 employees because it’s the best way to keep veterans safe, especially as the delta variant spreads across the country," McDonough said Monday.
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