(Trinidad Guardian) Despite the reservations by some parents about having their children vaccinated at this time, Education Minister Dr Nyan Gadsby-Dolly said both vaccinated and unvaccinated students will be welcomed back into schools next month.
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has said that students in Forms Four, Five and Six will be allowed to resume physical classes when the new academic term 2021/2022 begins on September 6.
Asked yesterday how the Ministry of Education intends to address the issue of vaccinated students mixing with the unvaccinated, the minister said there will be no discrimination of either category.
She said, “At this time, in every office building, family, taxi in Trinidad and Tobago, the vaccinated and unvaccinated coexist. There is no requirement for separation. Schools are not expected to operate any differently.”
Gadsby-Dolly reinforced, “The Government has a policy of voluntary vaccination, with no requirement to prove vaccination status for access to public places of work, buildings or services. The Ministry of Education is guided by that.”
Meanwhile, one day after they operationalised 13 centres specifically for administering the Pfizer vaccine to people between 12 to 18, the Ministry of Health increased the number of vaccine sites to provide greater access. The latest vaccine sites to be added to the list include Centre Pointe Mall, Chaguanas and the Paddock, Queen’s Park Savannah, Port-of-Spain.
The ministry said on the first day of the drive on Thursday, 3,702 people received their first dose of the World Health Organization-approved Pfizer vaccine.
