{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"The News Journal","provider_url":"https:\/\/qa.thenewsjournal.net","title":"Baptist Health now requires employees to receive COVID vaccine &ndash; The News Journal","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"Lcbezu8hbc\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qa.thenewsjournal.net\/baptist-health-now-requires-employees-to-receive-covid-vaccine\/\">Baptist Health now requires employees to receive COVID vaccine<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/qa.thenewsjournal.net\/baptist-health-now-requires-employees-to-receive-covid-vaccine\/embed\/#?secret=Lcbezu8hbc\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Baptist Health now requires employees to receive COVID vaccine&#8221; &#8212; The News Journal\" data-secret=\"Lcbezu8hbc\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/qa.thenewsjournal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WEB-3-col-vials-of-vaccine.jpg","thumbnail_width":480,"thumbnail_height":367,"description":"Baptist Health, the parent organization of Baptist Health Corbin, announced Tuesday that it is now requiring all of its employees to be vaccinated against COVID\u201319. Officials noted that between 65 and 70 percent of the group\u2019s nearly 23,000 employees have already been vaccinated, leaving approximately 8,000 unvaccinated. With the sharp rise in cases involving the delta variant, primarily among those who are unvaccinated, hospital officials announced the decision. \u201cBaptist Health\u2019s top priority is the health and safety of its staff, providers, patients and community,\u201d officials wrote in a statement released Tuesday. \u201cDetails of the plans are still being shared with staff at the Baptist Health Medical Group.\u201d As of Monday night, the majority of Kentucky\u2019s 120 counties were in the COVID\u201319 incidence rate red zone. Clay County had the highest rate in the state at 104.8. Laurel County was at 70.5. Whitley County and Knox County were at 55.2 and 55.5, respectively. McCreary, Bell, Pulaski and Harlan counties were also in the red. Only Hickman County in western Kentucky was in the green. Baptist Health operates nine hospitals across Kentucky. In addition to Corbin, it has facilities in: Richmond, Lexington, Louisville, LaGrange, Madisonville, Paducah, Floyd County and Hardin County. &nbsp;"}