==Polis pushes to require vaccines for health care workers as 3 departments mandate them

CDOC, CDPHE, CDHS== to require staff to be vaccinated by later this fall

Additionally, Gov. Jared Polis is pushing the State Board of Health to require vaccines for health care workers working with vulnerable populations, the medically vulnerable and in settings where people receive essential care.

Within DOC facilities, all employees who interact with the public, inmates or parolees, or who enter CDOC facilities, will have to get vaccinated.Additionally, other state employees, contractors, visitors, volunteers and vendors will have to be vaccinated to enter a state prison.

The state said 58.7% of CDOC staff are currently vaccinated. Sixty-four percent of inmates are fully vaccinated and another 8% of inmates have received their first dose. CDOC and CDHS employees have been able to get the vaccine since January.

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