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Nearly 200 Minnesota health care workers withdraw lawsuit over vaccine mandates

Published  October 20, 2021 11:53am CDT
Minnesota
FOX 9

(FOX 9) - Nearly 200 Minnesota health care workers have withdrawn a lawsuit against their employers' COVID-19 vaccine mandates.

Last week, a federal judge quickly dismissed the workers' request to block the mandates from taking effect. The judge said the dozens of health care workers who sued hadn't met a high legal bar to block them.

Federal judge lets Minnesota health systems’ vaccine mandates stay

A federal judge decided to let Minnesota health systems’ vaccine mandates stay.

The health systems have said almost 90 percent of their workforces are vaccinated, and they have granted religious and medical exemptions to dozens of workers that have applied.