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Winnipeg Free Press
Last Modified: 10:08 AM CST Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021 | Updates
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Manitoba’s COVID-19 immunization list doesn’t give special treatment to teachers, who face dozens of students and are connected to dozens of families each day.
Manitoba is recognizing teachers and school staff with a formal week of appreciation, but educators would rather the province acknowledge their work by prioritizing them in the COVID-19 vaccination lineup.
Manitoba is recognizing teachers and school staff with a formal week of appreciation, but educators would rather the province acknowledge their work by prioritizing them in the COVID-19 vaccination lineup.
However, the province has yet to confirm where in line teachers are on the immunization priority list.
On Thursday, Manitoba unveiled plans for its first Fast Pass testing centre, where eligible educators can get tested to receive results within hours.
School staff, including custodians, bus drivers and workers in school-based early learning and child care facilities, will be able to schedule an appointment at 1066 Nairn Ave., in Winnipeg, as early as Jan. 18.
Eligible clients must have valid employment identification and be symptomatic, identified as a close contact as a result of an exposure at school, or have a symptomatic household member.
TORONTO As Canada continues with some of its first vaccinations against COVID-19, the Canadian Teachers Federation (CTF) is pushing for educators to be included on the priority list. CTF president Shelley Morse told CTV News Channel on Tuesday that teachers should be next in line to get vaccinated to ensure schools stay open amid the pandemic. We are calling on the provincial and territorial governments to ensure that teachers and education workers are among the first to receive the vaccine, after vulnerable populations and the health-care workers, Morse said. Canada s National Advisory Committee on Immunization recommends those in long-term care homes, their staff, frontline health-care workers, seniors, and Indigenous communities be among the first to receive COVID-19 vaccinations.
Posted: Dec 10, 2020 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: December 10, 2020
While this classroom shows masks and space between desks, that s not the reality everywhere in Canada, say teachers. Calls are emerging for teachers, school staffers and child-care workers to be counted among the essential workers who could get the COVID-19 vaccine in the second phase, after the highest-risk groups.(CBC)