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New Delhi: With schools reopening in several states in the last two months, the Ministry of Education (MoE) is focusing on immunization for teachers and non-teaching staff in the states. States have been asked to ensure that all teachers get their first dose at least by September.
School Education Secretary Anita Karwal on Tuesday held an online meeting with representatives of various states and union territories and asked them to jointly prepare a roadmap at the district level for vaccination of all teaching and non-teaching staff.
In a statement issued on Tuesday evening, the MoE said, “Secretary, School Education and Literacy Anita Karwal held a meeting on NDMA guidelines on school safety. Issues related to vaccination of teaching and non-teaching staff in schools were also discussed during the meeting.
According to ministry officials, during the meeting, the Secretary advised all the States and Union Territories to complete the first dose of vaccination for teachers and non-teaching staff during the month of September and ensure that those who received the first dose have already been received, they should be given their dose. second shot.
The department is also getting the vaccination status from the states and union territories on a weekly basis through a tracker.
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States try to vaccinate teachers
As of now, states and union territories such as Delhi, Punjab, Andhra Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Haryana have reopened schools. ThePrint has previously informed of How yet in the absence of vaccines for children, states had already begun to aggressively vaccinate teachers.
For example, Punjab has vaccinated more than 60 percent of its teaching and non-teaching staff. Maharashtra and Karnataka have also made vaccination a priority for their teachers. In Delhi, the Directorate of Education in July, Asked Vaccinate teachers in all schools on priority basis.
Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya last Wednesday announced That by September 5, two crore additional doses of vaccines will be made available to all the states on priority basis for vaccination of teachers.
(Edited by Polomi Banerjee)
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