Monday could be last shift for 100s of unvaccinated workers at Syracuse’s biggest hospital

Doctors, nurses lead valiant effort to keep Covid ICU patients alive at Upstate University Hospital

Doctors and nurses at Upstate University Hospital on Dec. 16, 2020. N. Scott Trimble | strimble@syracuse.comN. Scott Trimble | strimble@syracuse.com

Syracuse, N.Y – Upstate University Hospital employees who cannot prove by 5 p.m. Monday they’ve been vaccinated against Covid-19 won’t be allowed to work Tuesday and will likely be suspended without pay.

That is the warning Syracuse’s largest hospital sent out today in an email to employees who have not yet turned in paperwork verifying they’ve received the shot.

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