18% of P.E.I. child-care workers not fully vaccinated, province reveals
CBC
Nearly one in five staff at child-care centres in Prince Edward Island are not fully vaccinated, and haven't had to undergo regular testing until this week, the province has revealed.
According to the province's survey last month of staff working at licensed child-care centres, 82 per cent of staff indicated they were fully vaccinated. That's five per cent lower than the province's overall vaccination rate among eligible Islanders, which now stands at 87 per cent.
P.E.I.'s Education Department provided the child-care staff vaccination rate to CBC News in an email Thursday.
"I think on all of P.E.I., there are people ... choosing not to vaccinate," said Jennifer Nangreaves, the executive director of the Early Childhood Development Association of P.E.I.
"I think we just have to trust in this protocol of 'vaccine or test', and just hope it provides that extra line of defence for protecting children and families."
The province announced a "vaccinate or test" policy for staff at P.E.I. schools in mid-September, after a survey showed 90 per cent of school employees were fully vaccinated. Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Heather Morrison said that rate was "not high enough for me to be comfortable."
A week later, the province said the testing policy would apply to all provincial employees dealing with vulnerable populations, including those working in child-care centres.
This story is a collaboration between the Investigative Journalism Foundation and CBC Saskatchewan.
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