Resumption of classes | Full-time face-to-face teaching in Yanyan Middle School requires 90% of students to be injected Yang Runxiong: vaccination rate is an important consideration

Kindergartens and primary schools in Hong Kong can resume face-to-face classes after the Easter break at the earliest on April 19, while secondary schools will not resume classes until the DSE exams are completed for core subjects.

According to sources, the Education Bureau is considering increasing the vaccination rate requirements for resuming full-time face-to-face classrooms, and the vaccination rate in secondary schools may reach 90%.

Education Secretary Yang Runxiong posted on social platforms today (22nd) that the government hopes to increase the vaccination rate of 3 to 11-year-olds to 90% by the end of April, and will consider allowing schools with high vaccination rates to resume full-day face-to-face teaching or other learning activities , emphasizing that vaccination rates will be an important consideration.

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More than 95% of 12-19-year-olds are vaccinated, and only 57% of 3-11-year-olds

According to the website of the government's vaccination program, the current 12- to 19-year-old youth vaccination rate is about 95.8%, but the 3-11-year-olds' vaccination rate is only 57.8%, and only 10.5% have received the second shot.

At present, the Education Bureau requires that the vaccination rate of students in secondary schools reach 70% before full-day face-to-face teaching can be resumed. Earlier this year, primary schools were also required to follow the relevant regulations.

According to the news, the Education Bureau is studying to increase the vaccination requirements for schools to resume full-time face-to-face classes, of which the vaccination rate of middle school students needs to reach 90%.

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Yang Runxiong: Consider allowing more teaching activities in schools with high vaccination rates

Education Bureau Director Yang Runxiong posted on his Facebook today that the vaccination rate of 12- to 19-year-olds has exceeded 90%, and the government hopes to increase the vaccination rate of 3-11-year-olds to 90% by the end of April.

If the epidemic situation continues to improve, all schools in Hong Kong will resume classes after the Easter holiday as originally planned, and face-to-face classes are expected to resume gradually.

He said that the bureau will, in accordance with the established policy, consider allowing individual schools with higher student vaccination rates to have more flexibility in arranging teaching activities, including full-time face-to-face teaching and other learning activities, and the above vaccination rate will be an important consideration.

In addition, Yang Runxiong said that special school students have been arranged to accompany the school to the hospital for evaluation and vaccination. The "vaccination-funded school outreach" service has recently assisted 10 special schools of different types to be vaccinated together. A total of 80 students, Parents and staff attend.

The bureau said that recently, with the support of the "Rotary Club of Kai Tak", a volunteer medical team was sent to four special schools with dormitory departments to vaccinate about 50 residents, students and parents.

Resumption of classes | Zhang Yongbang: It is unknown whether primary schools and kindergartens can teach face-to-face all day and should not be linked to the vaccination rate. On Friday, the new crown vaccine will be expanded to the student group. The electric minibus is converted into a vaccination vehicle to give injections to primary and secondary students and the elderly