The requirement applies to employees, contractors, trainees and volunteers at the Indian Health Service and National Institutes of Health, HHS said, specifically those who serve in federally operated healthcare and clinical research facilities and have contact with, or have the potential to interact with, patients.
Members of the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps will also be required to be vaccinated.
HHS said it will offer processes for medical and religious exemptions, as it already does for other vaccines.
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