Washington State Rolls Out Vaccine Mandate for Government and Health Care Workers

A woman holds a small bottle labelled with a "Coronavirus COVID-19 Vaccine" sticker and a medical syringe in this illustration taken on Oct. 30, 2020. Dado Ruvic/Reuters

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee announced on Monday a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for most government and health care workers, as well as hundreds of thousands of private health care and long-term care employees.

Those whom the mandate applies to will be required to show proof of vaccination against COVID-19, the disease caused by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, by Oct. 18 as a condition of employment.