New York's health department issued an order last month requiring all health care workers be vaccinated against Covid-19 by September 27. It broadened the scope of an earlier mandate that only applied to state health care workers. As that deadline looms, some health care workers have yet to be inoculated against Covid-19. Earlier this month in New York, a federal judge temporarily suspended state health officials from enforcing the state's vaccine mandate if health care workers claim a religious exemption. New York hospitals preparing for vaccine mandate deadlineThe majority of employees at Mount Sinai and NewYork-Presbyterian hospitals in New York City have complied with the state's vaccine mandate, according to spokespeople from both health institutions.

Source: CNN September 26, 2021 10:52 UTC