Some nursing homes in Salem have as few as half of their workers vaccinated

August 22, 2021 by Statesman Journal

At each of the 11 nursing homes in the Salem area, at least half of their workers have been fully vaccinated as of Aug. 8, according to federal data.

But there’s a wide range between facilities of what share of their health workers have gotten their shots. A couple of homes — Dallas Retirement Village Health Center and Avamere Court at Keizer — barely make the halfway mark. Other facilities have about 80% of health workers fully vaccinated, according to data published by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

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