The reopening of schools for face-to-face classes at the collegiate level is still uncertain even in areas with low risk of COVID-19 cases due to the low percentage of vaccinated students said by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) last Friday.
"𝑂𝑢𝑟 𝐶𝑂𝑉𝐼𝐷-19 𝑣𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑐𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑙𝑜𝑤 𝑎𝑡 27%. 𝐻𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑖 𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛 𝑝𝑢𝑤𝑒𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑠𝑢𝑔𝑎𝑙 𝑎𝑛𝑔 𝑘𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑦𝑎𝑛 𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑔𝑎 𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑦𝑢𝑑𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑒 𝑘𝑎𝑝𝑎𝑔 𝑚𝑎𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑎 𝑝𝑎…(𝑂𝑢𝑟 𝐶𝑂𝑉𝐼𝐷-19 𝑣𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑐𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑙𝑜𝑤 𝑎𝑡 27%. 𝑊𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑘 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑙-𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑖𝑓 𝑖𝑡’𝑠 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑙𝑜𝑤...)" said by CHED Chairperson Prospero de Vera, Jr. during the Laging Handa briefing.
He noted that all students must be vaccinated or at least 70 to 95% of the students, for the resumption of in-person classes.
According to De Vera, before the in-person classes reopen, the area must have a low risk of COVID-19 infection and a high percentage of fully vaccinated students and faculty members.
The vaccination for college students started a few months ago, while minors only began this week.
De Vera added that CHED is still drafting guidelines and planning regarding conducting in-person classes in low-risk areas by January.
The country is still far behind from the target of 80% fully vaccinated of the 109 million Filipinos by May 2022, as there are only at least 24.8 million fully vaccinated Filipinos.
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