YORK, Pa. — WellSpan Health has announced that staff of certain facilities will need to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by January 2022.
WellSpan recently announced that all staff in Medicare and Medicaid-certified facilities, which includes hospitals, will be required to receive their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine by Dec. 1 and second dose by Jan. 5, 2022.
WellSpan officials say they announced the policy in compliance with a recent mandate from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, which requires the vaccinations.
People may be granted exceptions from the mandate for religious or medical reasons, according to WellSpan.