US: AHA Join Others to Mandate Covid-19 Vaccine for Healthcare Workers

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On Wednesday, 23rd July 2021, the American Hospital Association (AHA) announced, the group is going to support the health systems and hospitals of the United States, which are requiring that their workers for getting the dose of novel corona virus vaccine.

The American Hospital Association (AHA), that represents around 5,000 hospitals and the health systems have joined the several healthcare associations and healthcare providers in the United States, which are also backing the mandates for novel corona virus vaccine for the healthcare workers.

Rick Pollack, CEO of American Hospital Association (AHA) said, the novel corona virus vaccines are effective and safe for the purpose of decreasing both spreading the corona virus to others and becoming infected by the virus. He also said, the American Hospital Association has also been supporting the health systems and hospitals of the country, which had chosen to make covid-19 vaccines mandatory for their workers based on several local factors.

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Rick Pollack also said, doing this is going to helpful for the purpose of protecting the well-being and health of the healthcare personnel, along with the communities and the patients, which they are serving.

The low corona virus vaccination rates in around of the United States might be responsible in prompting another increase in the novel corona virus pandemic and the healthcare providers of United States have also warned that, some hospitals in the country are already overrunning.

Louisiana, Missouri and Arkansas have been some of the hardest hit states in the country by the new and mutated novel corona virus variants, in which only 35 percent to 41 percent of the resident have been fully vaccinated.