The push to get Covid-19 booster shots for nursing home staff is proving a tough sell.
While over 72 million Americans have received Covid booster shots, including 62% of nursing home residents, only 27.6% of nursing home staff nationwide have received a booster shot, said Janell Routh, co-lead of the Covid-19 Vaccine Task Force at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Infected staff have been the main cause of virus transmission in nursing homes and other long-term care facilities. At least 187,000 residents have died from Covid-19, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation.
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