Youngkin requests exemption to federal vaccine mandate for health care workers

Gov. Glenn Youngkin is requesting an exemption to a federal rule requiring many health care workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19.

In a Monday letter, co-signed with West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice, Youngkin asked the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid services for a “limited waiver” that would give Virginia hospitals more flexibility when it came to staff vaccine requirements.

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