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Vaccine mandate to kick in for first wave of health workers

A man enters the emergency room at UAB Hospital in Birmingham, Ala., on Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022. A requirement to get vaccinated against COVID-19 kicks in Thursday, Jan. 26 for millions of health care workers in about half the states. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves, File) FILE - Cristina Licup receives her COVID-19 booster shot where she works at the Hebrew Home at Riverdale in New York, Monday, Sept. 27, 2021. A requirement to get vaccinated against COVID-19 kicks in Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022 for millions of health care workers in about half the states. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File) FILE - A driver places a swab into a vial at a free drive-thru COVID-19 testing site in the parking lot of the Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital in Darby, Pa., Thursday, Jan. 20, 2022. A requirement to get vaccinated against COVID-19 kicks in Thursday, Jan. 27, for millions of health care workers in about half the states. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)