Health System in Michigan with over 99% Vaccination Compliance Rate has Nearly 700 Employees Test Positive with COVID-19
Michigan’s largest health system reported that 686 of its employees tested positive for COVID-19 over the last seven days despite having a vaccination compliance rate of 99%.
The Henry Ford Health System had nearly 700 employees test positive in one week and that’s about 2% of the total workforce. Sick employees are required to quarantine for seven days after showing their first symptoms and could be extended if their symptoms persist longer.
“In the last seven days, 686 team members have tested positive for Covid. This is a 3-fold increase since December,” Dr. Adnan Munkarah said on Henry Ford’s website. “We had to temporarily close 97 beds in three of our hospitals, mostly due to staffing challenges.”
Henry Ford Health System was the first health system in Michigan to mandate COVID-19 vaccination for its employees with a September 10,
