Maine Becomes Latest US State to End COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates for Health Care Workers

Maine Becomes Latest US State to End COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates for Health Care Workers
Syringes with a COVID-19 vaccine in Bidderford, Maine, on April 26, 2021. Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images
Katabella Roberts
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The Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has filed a proposal to remove the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for health care workers.

The proposal, which was filed with Maine’s Secretary of State, is based on evolving scientific evidence and trends including available clinical and epidemiological data about COVID-19, increased population immunity owing to vaccinations and previous infections, and decreased severity of the virus, the department said in a July 11 statement.

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