Teachers and staff urged to get vaccinated in final week of programme
Educators and staff in the basic education sector are urged to go to vaccination sites to get their Johnson & Johnson vaccine injections.
The vaccination programme in the basic education sector continues even after schools went on an early recess on Friday following President Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcement that the country would move to Level 4 of the Covid-19 risk adjusted strategy.
More than 333 000 teachers and support staff have since been vaccinated since the campaign started on June 23, 2021. The current vaccination programme is set to end this week on July 9, 2021.
Phase 1 targeted 300 000 teachers and staff to be vaccinated within the first 10 days of the programme. This target was based on the number of doses allocated of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine to the sector.
By the end of the first day of the sector’s vaccination programme, the basic education sector had vaccinated a total of 48 000 teachers and staff.
By July 1, 2021 (9 days since the start of the vaccination programme), over 100% (300 052) of the Phase 1 target had been met across all nine provinces.
The basic education sector received an additional 289 000 doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. These additional doses enabled the sector to reach its overall target of vaccinating 582 564 educators and non-teaching staff.
The basic education sector will continue to administer the remaining doses of the vaccine to cover the remaining 282 512 staff. In addition, support staff from independent schools, food handlers, screeners, cleaners and ECD practitioners will be included in the roll out programme.
The Department urges all educators and staff to follow the schedules in each district in order to ensure a smooth roll-out of the programme.
For more information on the Department of Basic Education’s vaccination roll-out programme, click here.
Vaccination is voluntary. The Department of Basic Education will not force anyone to take the vaccine.
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