The vaccine mandate would have taken effect January 12, but the stay pauses its enforcement until an appeals hearing that is scheduled for March.
A federal appeals court temporarily suspended a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for all prison workers in California, blocking new rules that were scheduled to take effect on January 12.
A judge ordered the mandate requiring all correctional facility staffers to receive the COVID-19 vaccine based on a recommendation of an official who was appointed by a court to lead the health care system in California prisons. The receiver was appointed by a court after a federal judge determined that the state was not providing adequate health care to inmates in 2005.
"Once the virus enters a facility, it is very difficult to contain, and the dominant route by which it enters a prison is through infected staff," Tigar said. In their decision, the panel of judges on the appeals court also imposed a December 13 deadline for opening briefs.
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