Elorza gives new February deadline for unvaccinated city workers to get first shot

Nancy Lavin

01/25/2022

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…