Published Tuesday, April 6, 2021 12:12PM EDT Thousands of education workers in Niagara Region will be able to roll up their sleeves and receive a COVID-19 vaccine starting this weekend. The widespread vaccination of education workers wasn’t supposed to begin until the province began prioritizing frontline workers in mid-May but the District School Board of Niagara issued a news release on Tuesday afternoon confirming that as many as 4,000 eligible staff members will have the option of being vaccinated between April 10 and 18, which coincides with the delayed March break. The Niagara Catholic District School Board then separately confirmed to CP24 that its members will also be included in the rollout.
Unions, politicians call on Ontario to vaccinate teachers or close schools
by Holly McKenzie-Sutter, The Canadian Press
Posted Apr 6, 2021 1:39 pm EDT
FILE - In this March 2, 2021, file photo, science teacher Jennifer Becker.
Calls to vaccinate education workers against COVID-19 grew louder on Tuesday as some
Opposition leaders
NDP Leader Andrea Horwath said the government should “urgently” vaccinate education workers and use the upcoming April break to make other upgrades to classrooms.
“Parents, educators, and students across the province have been thrown into chaos once again,” Horwath said.
“We must use this moment to make classrooms safer so students can safely return after the April break.”
Posted: Mar 17, 2021 2:17 PM ET | Last Updated: March 17
The first case at St. Charles was confirmed on the weekend and resulted in the closure of two classrooms. (Google) comments
Niagara Catholic District School Board has announced Niagara Region Public Health has formally declared a COVID-19 outbreak at St. Charles Catholic Elementary School in Thorold.
The first case at St. Charles was confirmed on the weekend and resulted in the closure of two classrooms. While it is the practice amongst Niagara school boards not to publicly disclose the identity of positive cases, a COVID-19 online provincial database identified the case as a staff member.
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