Goemkarponn Desk
PANAJI: Directorate of Education has asked teaching and non-teaching staff to get vaccinated urgently stating that those without vaccination will have to produce RTPCR report weekly once to attend duties in school.
“In interest of the Health of the students all the teaching and non-teaching staff of the schools should get vaccinated urgently without any further delay. The staff who does not get vaccinated for any reason by then, they must submit RT-PCR report possibly weekly once to attend their duties in the school,” the order by the Directorate of Education states
The order further states that those who cannot produce this test report they must produce recommendation of medical experts if they have exemption for such report for any reason.
“The teaching and non-teaching staff members must also ensure that their members of the family are also vaccinated without any further delay as a precaution to prevent any transmission through them,” its says
The Lancet COVID-19 Commission India Task Force said in a report, “We strongly recommend that teachers and school staff are vaccinated on a priority basis.”
“We recognize that in states with high rates of infections, it will not be possible to open schools immediately, especially in the context of clusters of infections in and around hostels. However, we believe that the next two months can be used to prepare the education sector for a safe opening in July 2021 for the next academic year.