Banner Health, Arizona's Largest Hospital Network, Requiring Vaccines for Employees By Nov. 1

Banner Health announced Tuesday that it would require employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by Nov. 1, becoming the latest hospital network across the country to do so.

The hospital network, Arizona’s largest private employer, said in a statement that it was making the decision for several reasons, including the need to protect its patients and workforce.

“We care for some of the most vulnerable people in our communities and we owe it to them to take every measure possible to ensure the safest care environment,” Banner Health President and CEO Peter Fine said in a company-wide email sent Tuesday to employees.

Banner Health joins other hospital systems who have made the decision to mandate vaccines in recent weeks. Earlier this month, a Texas federal court sided with a Houston hospital after some employees who were suspended sued over a policy that required them to get a COVID-19 vaccine.

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