Veterans Affairs will be the first federal agency to mandate a vaccine for employees, giving medical workers eight weeks to be fully vaccinated or fired.
The Department of Veterans Affairs announced Monday it would require medical employees to be fully vaccinated within eight weeks, becoming the first federal agency to impose a vaccine mandate. The requirement will affect about 115,000 employees. A press release said the mandate is targeted towards Title 38 employees, which includes “physicians, dentists, podiatrists, optometrists, registered nurses, physician assistants, expanded-function dental auxiliaries and chiropractors — who work in Veterans Health Administration facilities, visit VHA facilities or provide direct care to those VA serves.
