MONTGOMERY COUNTY — Public Health-Dayton & Montgomery County is issuing a call-to-action, urging all employers, schools and healthcare services to require the COVID-19 vaccine for their workforces.
Additionally, PHDMC announced all its employees are required to get a COVID-19 vaccine by Oct. 15.
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The organization said in a release the vaccinations were the “first and big step in a multi-layered strategy to stop the spread of COVID-19.” That strategy also includes wearing face masks and practicing social distancing.
“Vaccination is the single best available intervention to prevent COVID-19 disease, to decrease transmission and to control the epidemic,” Montgomery County Health Commissioner Jeff Cooper said in the release.
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