1st hospital in Maine to require vaccinations for staff

 

BELFAST, Maine (AP) — The hospital in a community that was the epicenter of a so-called coronavirus “super spreader” event is going to require all staff be vaccinated, becoming the first hospital in Maine to do so. Officials say all staff at Millinocket Regional Hospital will be required to be fully vaccinated with either Pfizer or Modern vaccines within six weeks of final approval by the Food and Drug Administration. The decision came as the highly transmissible delta variant of COVID-19 is spreading across the state. Coincidentally, a wedding nearly a year ago in the Millinocket area was linked to outbreaks in at least two other locations in Maine, with more than 170 people contracting the virus and seven deaths.