Spectrum Health to require COVID-19 vaccine for employees - WOODTV.com
(WOOD) — Spectrum Health is going to require the COVID-19 vaccine for all of its employees once the FDA approves it, the West Michigan-based hospital system announced Wednesday.
The policy will require all team members, medical staff, students, volunteers and contractors get the vaccine, it said in a release.The shots will be required within eight weeks of the FDA granting full approval to one of the COVID-19 vaccines, it said.It may act more quickly if it sees a heightened risk to public and employee health as a result of COVID-19 variants.
Almost all people who contract COVID-19 and need hospitalization or die from the virus are unvaccinated,†Liam Sullivan, DO, infectious disease specialist with Spectrum Health said in the release.
Across the state of Michigan, about 63% of all residents age 16 and up have gotten at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.In an effort to reach that goal, state health officials have partnered with Meijer to host a sweepstakes giving away some $5 million in cash prizes and scholarships to those who get at least one dose.