The Ministry of Education, which adhered to the policy of full school attendance, even when the number of new corona19 infections rises and falls by 4,000 every day. This is to maximize the vaccination rate for children and adolescents. There is a welcoming atmosphere that it was better, but there are also pointed out that there are concerns about the stigma effect on unvaccinated people.
From the 13th of next month, ‘Intensive Vaccination Support Week’ … Increase in vaccination of students
The Ministry of Education announced on the 30th that it would designate and operate the 13th to 24th of next month as ‘Intensive Vaccination Support Week’. An official from the Ministry of Education said, “The disease control agency will decide how to inoculate each school during this period within this week, taking into account the situation of local governments and provincial and provincial education offices.” will be selected.
Specifically, there are plans to operate a separate inoculation center for each region, collect students wishing to be vaccinated from the school and notify a designated consignment institution, or send an inoculation team to the school to inoculate as a group.
Teachers “Anxiety full school attendance … Better to be vaccinated in bulk”
Teachers at schools in the metropolitan area, where the number of confirmed cases is increasing, expressed their welcome. A teacher at a middle school in Seoul said, “In the second semester, all students underwent gene amplification (PCR) only three times during class, and one student was confirmed twice. It’s better to get it right,” he said.
One of the reasons teachers welcome ‘school visits’ is that the academic calendar was twisted due to the different dates for admittance of attendance due to individual vaccinations of students. If the inoculation date is exactly specified, the number of students who cannot attend classes can be minimized by using discretionary closures or full remote classes.
On the morning of the 30th, Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education Superintendent Cho Hee-yeon holds a regular briefing on COVID-19 at the Seoul Office of Education briefing room in Sinmun-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul. This is the first time that the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education has started regular briefings on COVID-19 since the outbreak in Korea. News 1
“There should be no disadvantage or stigma effect for unvaccinated students”
However, there are still concerns about how to block the stigma effect on students who do not get vaccinated during the visit.
Choi, who raises middle and high school students in Jung-gu, Seoul, said, “If the vaccination had been done earlier, the middle school student’s confirmation rate would not have risen like this.” I was vaccinated late,” he said. Another advantage is that it is easier to check for adverse reactions when inoculated as a group at school.
On the other hand, Ms. Lee, a parent who decided not to vaccinate her middle school daughter, said, “They say that there is no disadvantage in school life just because you don’t get the vaccine, but just seeing your friends getting vaccinated will stimulate the anxiety of unvaccinated students. ” he worried.
Teachers need to speed up from booster vaccinations
There are voices calling for more active speed, starting with booster vaccinations for health teachers and special education teachers as much as students. At the time of vaccination, they were classified as ‘priority subjects’ because they deal with a lot of students. However, regarding the issue of booster vaccination, only some regions, such as the Daegu Metropolitan Office of Education, sent an official letter to front-line schools asking for active cooperation in booster vaccination.
Meanwhile, the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education announced that 19.1% of the total number of confirmed students (1,090) in Seoul over the past week (22-28) when all schools were back on campus. This is lower than the 24.6% on the 8th and 14th of this month and 24.1% on the 15th and 21st of this month, before full-scale school attendance. As the rate of intra-school infections due to full school attendance has not risen, the full school attendance itself is maintained. “We strongly recommend vaccination,” said Cho Hee-yeon, superintendent of the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education.
Yoon-Joo Lee reporter misslee@hankookilbo.com
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