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The latest developments come as
schools are set to reopen in several countries,
including Guyana and Trinidad in
the next two weeks. With large amounts
of doses of the Pfizer vaccine arriving
in CARICOM in recent days, authorities
are scrambling to encourage parents of
children over age 12 to be vaccinated but
officials said those who are not would not
be barred from attending.
“While vaccination of children will not
be mandatory, we are urging parents to
consider the benefits that this vaccine
will provide to their children and consent
to the vaccine being administered to their
children,” Guyana’s ministry stated.
In Trinidad, Both Prime Minister Keith
Rowley and Opposition Leader Kamla
Persad-Bissessar this week made public
appeals for children to be vaccinated saying
it is the right thing to do and the best
practice to stop the spread of the virus.
“Please do take them. The FDA has now
pronounced the Pfizer not as an emergency
vaccine but has given full approval,”
she said as authorities reported that
15,500 students had already taken shots
by mid week.
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But Rowley made it clear his government
will have to act if less than 70 percent
of the 91,000 students in the 12-17
category are not vaccinated.
“If at the end of the period that we set,
which is mid September, we look back and
see a population of vaccinated students,
which is really below herd immunity levels
of 60 or 70 per cent, the government
will have to act. So far, we have left it up to
the responsibility of parents to be reasonable,
to be understanding, to be caring,
and to be responsible. And if it gets to
that, the government will have no difficulty
intervening on the children’s behalf,
as we have done with measles. We will not
do this lightly. If it has to be done, we will
do it,” he said.
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staff receive their first shot no later than
Sept. 27.
Hochul announced the new, comprehensive
plan to help ensure a safe,
productive return to schools this fall in
the midst of rising COVID-19 numbers
fueled by the Delta variant.
“As part of this plan, Gov. Hochul has
directed the New York State Department
of Health to institute a universal mask
requirement in all schools, public and
private, as determined necessary at the
discretion of the commissioner,” said the
Office of the Governor in a statement.
“The Department of Health will issue the
requirement through regulatory action
established by the Public Health and
Health Planning Council.
“Gov. Hochul will also pursue options
to mandate vaccines for school employees
or require weekly testing in the
absence of vaccines, and will continue
to work with the Department of Health,
education stakeholders and the Legislature
on establishing the mandate,” it
added.
Hochul said that, as governor, “my
priorities are now the priorities of the
people of New York - and right now that
means fighting the Delta variant.
“My number one priority is getting
children back to school and protecting
the environment so they can learn safely,”
she said. “I am immediately directing
the Department of Health to institute
universal masking for anyone entering
our schools, and we are launching a
Back-to-School COVID-19 testing program
to make testing for students and
staff widely available and convenient.
“We are also working to require vaccinations
for all school personnel with
an option to test out weekly, and we are
going to accomplish all of this by working
in partnership with all levels of government,”
she added.
To help ensure testing is available to
students as they return to school, the
Governor’s Office said Hochul is using
$335 million in federal funds to launch
a new COVID-19 Testing in Schools Program
in partnership with local health
departments and BOCES in New York
State outside of New York City.
In addition to these new testing programs,
New York State has available
more than 4.3 million child-sized clothed
face masks, about 10 million adult-sized
clothed face masks and almost 55 million
non-surgical face masks to provide
to students and teachers in schools
across the state.
“Our highest priority is helping to
ensure the health and safety of our students
and educators as we work together
to combat COVID-19,” said State Health
Commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker.
“Since early July, COVID-19 cases in New
York have risen 10-fold and 95 percent of
sequenced positive cases were confirmed
to be Delta variant.
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