Supreme Court Declines to Block Maine COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate for Health Workers

Litigation to continue in lower courts for health care workers seeking religious exemption

The Supreme Court of the United States in Washington on Sept. 22, 2017. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday rejected an emergency request by health care workers seeking a religious exemption to the state of Maine’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate.

The court’s decision not to grant the immediate relief for the health care workers until it decides to review the case, means the state’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate will take effect while litigation continues in lower courts.