Only 50% of teachers have been vaccinated for the time being in the third dose against Corona

Only 50% of teachers have been vaccinated for the time being in the third dose against the corona virus, according to data from the Ministry of Education. On October 1, the new regulations of the green label will begin, according to which it will expire for those who have not been vaccinated with the booster. According to the Ministry of Education, there is no intention at this stage to flex the regulations and teachers will be required to perform a corona test twice a week, otherwise they will not be able to enter an educational institution.
For the new green mark, the third vaccine will receive a vaccination certificate from the first day a person is vaccinated - without having to wait a week. It is also possible to get vaccinated without the long queues that characterized the complexes in providing the first courses - but it still seems that the teachers are in no hurry to get vaccinated. However, the Ministry of Education is not bothered by the situation, and trusts the teachers to be vaccinated in the coming days.
"We believe that most teachers will get vaccinated in the booster both during the week of Sukkot and during the first days of school," he told Walla! A source in the Ministry of Education. "A teacher who does not get vaccinated with a booster will need to get tested. Most teachers have been vaccinated with the first and second vaccines, which means they are no longer in the business of denying vaccines. .
According to the source, the Ministry of Education will expand the issue of information about the corona virus among teachers: "We will increase information among teachers and also prepare for a situation where the worst will happen - we will have a big gap in teachers. For vaccines. "
The source also noted the recommendation of the FDA's US Food and Drug Administration experts to vaccinate teaching and health workers in the United States. This is in parallel with those aged 65 and over and other populations at risk. "I think what the FDA has said is that overall Israeli policy is serious," he stressed.
"We get updates on a daily basis about how many teachers we vaccinated in Booster. We will manage it, tell you it's a non-challenging event, that there will be a lot of teachers here who will not be vaccinated in Booster? It will be a surprise, but we need to prepare for it. "Probably not. It will have consequences and implications," he concluded.
Ran Erez, chairman of the teachers' union, supported the Ministry of Education's demand that teachers be vaccinated or checked bi-weekly: "Everyone should be vaccinated properly. I am in favor of this in an unambiguous way. Teachers who do not have a green mark or do not take tests - can not work. I do not know how accurate the figure is, but if that is the case, the situation is not good. I want 100% of the teachers to be vaccinated. "