Three thousand and seventy-one unvaccinated health-care workers in B.C. remain on unpaid leave, officials revealed Tuesday.
Health Minister Adrian Dix said this number includes 1,032 casual staff, 989 full-time staff, 819 part-time staff and 16 people whose job status is unknown.
Breaking it down further, Dix said 28 are in emergency medicine, 105 in general medicine, 246 care aides and community assistants, 19 from internal medicine, 906 nurses, 86 paramedics and 10 resident doctors.
Meanwhile, B.C. is expecting a shipment of Johnson & Johnson vaccine soon, provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said.
Unvaccinated health workers will be offered this one-dose vaccine first, Henry said, because it might be a better option for people who are more vaccine-hesitant but want to keep working.
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