China News Service, Hong Kong, September 10 (Reporter Han Xingtong) Yang Runxiong, the Director of the Education Bureau of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, said on the 10th that as of September 3, an average of 92% of the faculty members in Hong Kong schools have received at least one dose of the new crown vaccine. On the 13th, the first school will resume full-time face-to-face classes for individual grades.
Earlier, the Education Bureau announced that all kindergartens, primary and secondary schools and private schools offering informal courses in Hong Kong will continue to conduct half-day face-to-face courses in the 2021/2022 school year, but all school staff must receive at least one dose of the new crown vaccine from September 1. If you don’t have a doctor’s certificate that your health is not allowed to be vaccinated, you must be tested at your own expense every two weeks.
If a school has completed two doses of the new crown vaccine and the ratio of teachers and students over 14 days has reached 70%, it can apply to resume full-time face-to-face classes.
Yang Runxiong said that according to the latest statistics, as of September 3, an average of 92% of school staff in Hong Kong had received at least one dose of the new crown vaccine (those who have not yet been vaccinated must undergo regular virus testing); and for students 12 years of age or older, vaccinations The total rate is 51%.
He revealed that so far, the Education Bureau has received 5 secondary schools, based on the vaccination rate of individual grade students (mainly Form 5 and Form 6 students) has reached more than 70%, and they have applied for full-time face-to-face classes.
After approval by the Education Bureau, it is expected that the first school will conduct full-time face-to-face classes in individual grades on September 13.
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