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Published February 14, 2022

Air Force Grants First Religious Accommodations to COVID-19 Vaccine

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A vial of the COVID-19 vaccine and a syringe sit on a table at the Pittsburgh International Airport Air Reserve Station, Pennsylvania, Jan. 28, 2021. [U.S. Air Force photo by Joshua J. Seybert]
A vial of the COVID-19 vaccine and a syringe sit on a table at the Pittsburgh International Airport Air Reserve Station, Pennsylvania, Jan. 28, 2021. [U.S. Air Force photo by Joshua J. Seybert]

The Department of the Air Force has approved nine religious accommodation requests to its COVID-19 vaccine requirement, it announced Feb. 8, marking the first such accommodations approved by the department since the requirement went into effect late last year.

Eight of the religious exemptions were approved by the service members’ major command or field command, while one was granted via an appeal to the Air Force’s surgeon general.

“The Department of the Air Force determined the service members’ accommodations could be supported with. . . [Read the rest of this story on Air Force Magazine].

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