The government has issued guidelines to help managers respond to changes in the law. The guide covers anyone who enters a nursing home, such as healthcare professionals, businessmen, hairdressers, and beauticians.
At the same time, daily coronavirus cases in the United States hit a six-month high, and more than 100,000 cases of infection have been reported nationwide.
Delta variants have become popular in Florida and other states with lower vaccination rates.
“We saw the terrible #COVID19 trend in our hospital,” county judge Lina Hidalgo wrote on Twitter. She is a senior official in Harris County, which is the most populous county in Texas and home to the city of Houston. “At this point, if you choose not to be vaccinated, you are an accomplice in this crisis.”
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U.S. cases hit a six-month high
In the United States, daily new Covid cases have climbed to a six-month high. As the Delta variant ravages Florida and other states with lower vaccination rates, the number of infections reported nationwide exceeds 100,000.
Reuters data as of Wednesday showed that the seven-day average of newly reported cases reached nearly 95,000, a five-fold increase in less than a month.
The seven states with the lowest vaccination rates – Florida, Texas, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Alabama, and Mississippi – accounted for half of the country’s new cases and hospitalizations last week .
“We saw the terrible #COVID19 trend in our hospital,” county judge Lina Hidalgo wrote on Twitter.
From November 11, employees of nursing homes must be vaccinated against the new coronavirus
According to the new guidelines, from November 11, all employees working in nursing homes in England must be vaccinated against the coronavirus.
The government has issued guidelines to help managers change the law, which applies to all people working in nursing homes registered with the Care Quality Council (CQC) unless they are medically exempted.
In addition to the nursing home staff, anyone who enters the nursing home, such as health care professionals, CQC inspectors, businessmen, hairdressers, and beauticians, must be vaccinated with two doses of Covid-19 vaccine.
However, friends and relatives of residents of nursing homes, as well as residents themselves, emergency service personnel, and personnel providing bereavement support will not be subject to these regulations.
Teenagers under the age of 18 will also not be subject to the policy, but the guidelines state that once they reach 18 years of age, they will not be able to enter a nursing home until they are vaccinated with both vaccinations.
