Florida health official put on leave after encouraging staff to get Covid vaccine
by Maya Yang and agencies from US news | The Guardian on (#5V6CR)
State health agency conducting inquiry into Raul Pino to determine if any laws were broken'
A health official who helped lead Florida's response to the Covid-19 pandemic has been put on administrative leave as state officials investigate whether he tried to compel employees to get vaccinated.
The state health agency is conducting an inquiry into Raul Pino, director of the Florida department of health in Orange county, to determine if any laws were broken in this case", the state department of health press secretary, Jeremy Redfern, said in an email.
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