New York City, USA, has announced that it will require public school faculty and staff to be vaccinated against the new coronavirus before face-to-face lessons will be fully resumed next month.
At public schools in New York City, face-to-face lessons, which had been withheld due to the effects of the new coronavirus, will be fully resumed from the new semester starting on the 13th of next month.
Prior to this, Mayor De Blasio held a press conference on the 23rd and announced that for the safety of children, all public school teachers and school staff would be required to be vaccinated.
The target is about 148,000 people, but details such as penalties for non-compliance are not shown, and it is said that we will discuss with the teachers' union how to proceed with the obligation concretely in the future. increase.
The city requires at least one vaccination by the 27th of next month, but so far 70% to 80% of public school teachers have already been vaccinated at least once. is.
"Children have lost important time in education and social development for a year and a half, all face-to-face from the day school begins," said Mayor De Blasio, who wanted to protect a safe educational environment. I want to be able to resume classes, "he said, asking for his understanding of the new measures.
In the United States, similar policies have been set out in western California and Washington, and there is a growing movement to require faculty and staff to be vaccinated.