Johnson County will begin requiring weekly Covid-19 testing for county employees beginning next week.
"As of Aug. 11, only 46% of regular employees have reported being fully vaccinated," County Manager Penny Postoak Ferguson said. "With the sharp increase of the delta variant, we want employees to be safe. Vaccination is one of the best tools we have to help prevent serious illness or passing the virus on to our colleagues or the people we serve."
The county said employees can opt out of weekly…With more than half of county employees unvaccinated, JoCo enacts mandatory Covid-19 testing
Johnson County will begin requiring weekly Covid-19 testing for county employees beginning next week.
"As of Aug. 11, only 46% of regular employees have reported being fully vaccinated," County Manager Penny Postoak Ferguson said. "With the sharp increase of the delta variant, we want employees to be safe. Vaccination is one of the best tools we have to help prevent serious illness or passing the virus on to our colleagues or the people we serve."
The county said employees can opt out of weekly…