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Education authorities say a decision to mandate COVID vaccines for all school staff and volunteers was held off until the school year finished to avoid leaving some sites with a shortage of teachers – despite health advice recommending it weeks ago.
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The teachers’ union is “analysing the industrial implications” of a new COVID vaccine mandate for all school staff, as the Education Department confirms 685 employees are “declining” to get the jab.
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Anyone who works or volunteers at South Australian schools, preschools and childcare centres – including teachers, support staff, parents, building contractors and bus drivers – will have to be COVID-vaccinated under new mandatory jab rules announced by the State Government.
South Australian health authorities are considering introducing mandatory COVID vaccinations for teachers and school staff.
COVID vaccination hubs will open at another 54 schools in lagging areas across Adelaide and the regions, as data shows South Australia still has the second lowest rate in the country for 12-15 year olds.
Schools will continue to shut down for at least 24 hours when a student tests positive to COVID, once the borders open in a month and the virus enters South Australia, the Education Department has confirmed.
The state’s building industry has been handed a partial lockdown exemption, with work on some “essential state infrastructure” to recommence from Monday.
