Lancaster County to pay employees who get vaccinated

Lancaster County employees will get $200 for getting vaccinated against COVID-19, and an extra $50 for getting the booster when it's available -- an effort by county officials to increase vaccination rates.

Lancaster County commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to approve the incentive policy, which will be paid for with a portion of the $106 million the city and county received from federal coronavirus relief measures.

“It’s not as high as we’d like it to be,” Board Chairman Rick Vest said of the vaccination rate among county employees.

Overall, 71.6% of Lancaster County residents age 16 and over are fully vaccinated, the highest rate in Nebraska.

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(Lincoln Journal Star)