Gracedale workers offered $750 for vaccine

Northampton County Council authorized a plan that would offer Gracedale employees $750 to get the coronavirus vaccine. But staff at Cedarbrook, the Lehigh County-owned nursing home, won’t receive any cash incentives to get immunized.

What’s next? Gracedale has about 650 employees. If each agreed to the $750 payment, the county would be on the hook for $490,000.

RICKKINTZEL/THE MORNING CALL Sue Bennicas of Bethlehem walks to work while on Broad Street in the city Thursday morning.