More than 95% of the city of San Francisco’s employees are fully vaccinated, the San Francisco Department of Public Health said Friday.

The deadline for city workers to get their syringes is November 1, but some agencies working in high-risk environments, such as the San Francisco Police Department and the San Francisco Fire Department, have required that staff be fully completed by Wednesday are vaccinated.

A total of 1,443 of the city’s approximately 35,000 employees remain unvaccinated, which is only 5% of the workforce. In San Francisco as a whole, 75% of residents are fully vaccinated while 80% received at least one dose.

Of SFPD in particular, around 5% of employees, including 76 police officers, remain unvaccinated. SFPD has 2,117 employees. 35 fire brigade workers and 39 sheriff workers are also unvaccinated. The FDF did not immediately provide a further breakdown by department.

Employees who do not get vaccinated on time will be put on paid administrative leave until the start of the regular hearing, the SFDPH said. Further hearings will decide whether the unvaccinated person’s employment relationship will be terminated.

The SFDPH allows employees with certain religious beliefs or medical problems to apply for waivers from the vaccination order. So far, around 800 vaccine exemption applications have been made.

“The COVID-19 pandemic has presented the city, its employees and residents with unprecedented challenges,” said the SFDPH. “To protect the health and safety of citizens and employees, the city has issued its vaccination guidelines.”

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Nearly 190 San Francisco police and firefighters were still not completely unvaccinated hours before the midnight deadline for these city workers to shoot.

Police Chief Bill Scott told the Police Commission on Wednesday evening that 118 sworn police officers – 5% of all sworn officers – remain unvaccinated and 61 are partially vaccinated. Another 31 non-sworn employees are unvaccinated and 11 partially vaccinated.

A spokesman for the police department said Thursday morning that the numbers are “likely” to change, but has not yet been able to give an exact number. It was not immediately clear how many had not reported their vaccination status, which was also required by the deadline.

The police have 2,835 employees, including 2,122 officers.

That is compared to the fire brigade, where 39 employees had not received any shots by Thursday. Everyone got in touch. This department has 1,788 employees.

San Francisco police and firefighters had to be fully vaccinated by 11:59 p.m. Wednesday evening – that is, 14 days had passed since their last vaccination.

According to the city’s human resources department, police and fire fighters who have not been vaccinated will be notified immediately by human resources that they will no longer be able to do their jobs until they are vaccinated. You will be put on paid leave until your case comes to the police or the fire brigade.

The commissions will recommend disciplinary action to the police and fire chiefs, which may include dismissal, which will then ultimately determine the future of the employee.

Employees can receive medical or religious exemptions. Almost 200 police officers have already requested religious exemptions, which is by far the highest number of exemptions of any city agency. 26 workers applied for either medical or religious exemptions from the fire department by Wednesday.

As of the beginning of this week, the HR department had not made any final decisions about exceptions, a spokesman said on Thursday.

The San Francisco vaccination mandate, the first and one of the strictest in the country, aroused some opposition from unions, particularly from law enforcement. Workers in high-risk environments such as hospitals, nursing homes and homeless shelters faced a vaccination mandate as early as September 30, while the rest of the city’s 35,000 workers must be vaccinated by November 1.

The police are prepared for the possibility of operating and continuing to provide critical services without unvaccinated employees.

Two weeks ago, Police Chief Bill Scott said in an email that the department would be shifting staff to remove unvaccinated workers from patrol, where they regularly interact with the public, and said the department would continue to provide vital services without the unvaccinated Officials could provide.

The number of unvaccinated people in the police force fell as the deadline drew nearer.

On October 5, 189 members were unvaccinated. Among them were 155 sworn members, 97 of them on patrol and 34 non-sworn members.

Mallory Moench is the author of the San Francisco Chronicle. Email: mallory.moench@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @mallorymoench

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The NBA, like the rest of the world, is adapting to living alongside the COVID-19 virus. After the NBA spent the last part of the 2019-20 season in the Disney World Bubble and then played out a compressed 2020-21 calendar, the NBA finalized its plans for a vaccination mandate.

According to The Atheltic’s Shams Charania, the NBA will require players to abide by all the rules in their local markets.

Sources: Unvaccinated NBA players in markets with local requirements – such as NYC (Knicks, Nets) and SF (Warriors) – are not allowed to enter home arenas or facilities for games or team activities hosted there unless there is an approved medical or religious exception .

– Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) September 1, 2021

As mentioned in Charania’s tweet, all NBA players who have not been fully vaccinated will be denied access to their teams’ facilities or home arenas. Exceptions remain, with players being able to refuse any vaccination for medical or religious reasons.

One important aspect is that certain markets do not require NBA visitor teams and players to be vaccinated. Because what is life without a little confusion? As of now, in markets like New York and San Francisco, these rules are governed only by the home team.

This follows local government guidelines, which means that unvaccinated players in the Nets, Knicks and Warriors are not allowed to play home games. Guest players are exempt from vaccination regulations in NYC and SF. https://t.co/fPePW722Og

– Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) September 1, 2021

To explain this further, we can make an example. Imagine the New York Knicks and the Golden State Warriors playing against each other in Maddison Square Garden; the Knicks have two unvaccinated players while the Warriors have 3 unvaccinated players. The Warriors could line up their full roster throughout the competition, but the Knicks would be without players who are not vaccinated.

Players may no longer have a choice of whether or not to get vaccinated when they want to play

So far it has been assumed that it is the player’s decision to receive or refuse the vaccine. However, it appears that players now have to adhere to city guidelines if they want to play home games. It’s also unclear how teams will deal with players who choose not to get vaccinated.

The situation looks fluid as other local markets could change course during the season if their city sees a surge in infections. This means that other NBA teams not currently affected by this decision could go through the issue later.

For the Warriors, Andrew Wiggins is a player who previously talked about not getting the vaccine. He previously told NBC Sports:

“I can’t see myself getting it anytime soon, unless I’m somehow forced to.”

With over a month to go before the start of the NBA season, it remains to be seen how the NBA and the players’ association will develop after this rule announcement. But right now, the Knicks, Warriors and Nets seem hardest hit by the recent attempt to protect players and fans in game situations.

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