New York Hospital Fires 100 Unvaccinated Employees Who Received Religious Exemptions

A nurse fills a syringe with a dose of the Johnson & Johnson's one-dose COVID-19 vaccine at the Vaxmobile, at the Uniondale Hempstead Senior Center, in Uniondale, N.Y., on March 31, 2021. Mary Altaffer/AP Photo

A Buffalo, New York-based hospital system said that it has fired about 100 unvaccinated employees who were previously granted religious exemptions.

Workers at Kaleida Health had until Dec. 6 to receive their second dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, according to Kaleida. The company said it will now delay inpatient elective surgeries that are deemed nonessential at the Buffalo General Medical Center and the Millard Fillmore Suburban Hospital.