MAYOR JORGE O. ELORZA appears to be relaxing his original deadline for city workers to get their first COVID-19 vaccine, with a new Feb. 8 deadline for employees to get the first shot. / PBN FILE PHOTO/STEPHANIE ALVAREZ EWENS
PROVIDENCE - After previously defending his Jan. 14 deadline for city workers to get vaccinated or else risk losing their jobs, Mayor Jorge O. Elorza appears to be relaxing the timeline and the penalty for those who didn’t comply. The 5% of city workers who did not get the first jab by the original deadline…