3News Investigates: 60% of Cleveland Clinic staff receive COVID-19 vaccine

About 30% of MetroHealth workers also turned down the shot, as vaccine hesitancy impacts area health care staff.

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CLEVELAND — Health care workers across Northeast Ohio are choosing not to get COVID-19 vaccinations, according to data released to 3News Investigates.

The numbers come at a time when apathy toward the vaccine is emerging, as more and more Americans are balking after an initial surge. Health care workers were moved to the front of the line when the first vaccines were given in Ohio during the month of December, but despite the efforts, many such employees remain unprotected from the virus.

“We are still in the process of vaccinating, and many are still going through the process,” a Cleveland Clinic spokesperson tells 3News.

At the Cleveland Clinic, just more than 60% of employees have been vaccinated, a spokesperson said. At MetroHealth, 69% of employees have been received protection. 3News Investigates also reached out University Hospitals, but the system refused to release the data.

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