Industry representatives in Virginia said they’ve seen similar trends, though state health officials declined to say exactly what percentage of nursing home workers have been vaccinated. Representatives for CVS and Walgreens, which have partnerships with long-term care facilities in all three jurisdictions, also said vaccine uptake among employees has been less than expected. If the company has extra after staging a clinic for a particular nursing home, it reroutes those doses to other facilities. ADADIn North Carolina, the top public health official said in early January that most nursing home workers had declined the vaccine. In Ohio, more than 60 percent of nursing home workers opted out during the first wave of vaccination clinics, said Gov.

Source: Washington Post January 27, 2021 11:00 UTC