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COVID-19 vaccination of teachers, school staff may start in June: DepEd

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Jaehwa Bernardo, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/news/04/19/20210403-earist-vaccination-gc-0272.jpg?ext=.jpg"/><figcaption>A health worker arranges syringes during a mass vaccination program at the Eulogio Amang Rodriguez Institute of Science and Technology in Sampaloc, Manila, April 3, 2021. <em>George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News/File</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — The vaccination of some 791,000 public school teachers and personnel against the coronavirus may start by June, the Department of Education said Monday.</p><p>&quot;Siguro, mga June ito (vaccination) mag-umpisa. Kasi, by that time, mag-start na ang enrollment, marami nang activities sa [mga] eskuwelahan. Saka, kailangan protektado ang mga teacher,&quot; Education Secretary Leonor Briones said in a news briefing.</p><p>(The vaccination may start by June because by that time, enrollment will start, there will be many school activities and our teachers need to be protected.)</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1664662" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar"><div><em>Video courtesy of PTV</em></div></div><p>Initially, over a million teachers and support staff were up for vaccination against COVID-19.</p><p>But the number was reduced because some of them have already been inoculated as part of other priority groups, such as senior citizens and people with comorbidities, Briones explained.</p><p>The education chief added that teachers no longer need to register because the DepEd already has a list for the vaccination program.</p><p>Last week, the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases announced that teaching and non-teaching personnel in schools moved up the government&#x27;s COVID-19 vaccination priority list, to A4 from the B1 cluster.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/04/16/21/education-frontliners-a4-covid-vaccine-priority">‘Assured of protection’: Education frontliners move up COVID vaccine priority list</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/04/19/21/philippines-eyes-covid-19-vaccination-of-frontline-workers-in-mid-may-june">Philippines eyes COVID-19 vaccination of frontline workers in mid-May, June</a></li></ul><p>As of Sunday evening, over 1.2 million Filipinos have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccines while more than 198,000 have gotten 2 doses.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/spotlight/multimedia/infographic/03/23/21/philippines-covid-19-vaccine-tracker">Philippines: COVID-19 Vaccine Tracker</a></li></ul><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1660536" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>The vaccination of some 791,000 public school teachers and personnel against the coronavirus may start by June, the Department of Education said Monday.</p>

The vaccination of some 791,000 public school teachers and personnel against the coronavirus may start by June, the Department of Education said Monday.

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COVID-19 vaccination of teachers, school staff may start in June: DepEd

Jaehwa Bernardo,

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Published Apr 19, 2021 02:44 PM PHT

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Updated Apr 19, 2021 02:57 PM PHT

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