90.1% of teachers vaccinated: Minister
The Hindu
Aim is to vaccinate all school workers by September 1
Minister for Health and Family Welfare Ma. Subramanian on Friday said 90.1% of teachers and 89.32% of non-teaching workers of schools in Tamil Nadu had been inoculated (with at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine). Opening a special camp for vaccination of teachers and non-teaching workers and their families, organised by the Greater Chennai Corporation here, he said officials were asked to ensure that all teaching and non-teaching staff members were vaccinated by September 1 when schools would reopen for Classes IX-XII. He said teachers and non-teaching workers and their families could get their first and second doses through such special camps organised across the State in collaboration with the School Education Department. Minister for School Education Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi was also present.
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