Hospitals and nursing homes across the country are preparing for worsening staff shortages as state deadlines arrive for employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19. New York health care employees had until the end of the day Monday, Sept. 27, 2021, to get at least one dose. New York health care employees had until the end of the day Monday, Sept. 27, 2021, to get at least one dose. Some New York hospitals prepared contingency plans that included cutting back on noncritical services and limiting nursing home admissions. About a dozen states have vaccination mandates covering health care workers in hospitals, long-term care facilities or both.
