Here are the coronavirus morning headlines for Tuesday, January 18 as unvaccinated healthcare staff in England face being sacked without an exit payment, an official document shows.
From April, all health and social care workers, including nurses, in England will be required to have two doses of a Covid-19 vaccine to go to work if their role involves “direct contact with patients”, unless they have an exemption.
Staff who refuse the vaccine or who decline to disclose their vaccination status will be offered redeployment to non-patient-facing roles and those who cannot be redeployed face losing their jobs, reports The Independent.
