Unvaccinated French health care workers face suspension
The Hindu
With about 3,00,000 workers still not vaccinated, some hospitals fear staff shortages will add to their strain.
Health care workers in France face suspension from their jobs starting from Wednesday if they haven’t been vaccinated against . With about 3,00,000 workers still not vaccinated, some hospitals fear staff shortages will add to their strain.
Vaccines are now compulsory for medical care, home care and emergency workers in France and Wednesday is the deadline for such staff to have had at least one shot. Failing that, they face having pay suspended or not being able to work. But a top court has forbidden staff to be fired outright.
The mandate was approved by France’s Parliament over the summer, after the government insisted that the measure was needed to protect patients and the public from new surges of . More than 1,13,000 people with the virus have died in France, and health authorities say most of those hospitalised in the most recent surge weren’t vaccinated.
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