Schools – Hanover – Minister for Quick Decision on Vaccines for Children – Education
Hanover (dpa / lni) – With a view to the increasing number of infections in Lower Saxony, too, Minister of Education Grant Hendrik Tonne calls for more speed in the approval of a vaccine for children. “I appeal to the European Medicines Agency to process the approval of the vaccine for children with high priority, and I ask the Standing Vaccination Commission to quickly review the data for this age cohort so that a decision can be made on a possible recommendation as soon as possible,” said the SPD politician of the “Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung” (Saturday). “That would be important to have another protective shield ready for the children.”
In particular, he urged unvaccinated adults to “finally accept the vaccination offers”. Those who get vaccinated are doing something good for the children, for the schools, for the daycare centers. “There must be no further education lockdown. We must do everything we can to ensure that schools and daycare centers remain open,” demanded the minister and pointed out that. The minister warned.
At the same time, the father of four school-age children affirmed that the country would stick to face-to-face teaching. “The face-to-face teaching in Lower Saxony runs reliably and we see what it is like that the children and young people go to school and learn together in the class community.” He appealed to adults to take responsibility. “We can make the schools safe, but if the infection is brought into the families via the pub or carnival, then we have no influence. He has” the greatest understanding “that there is a need for exuberance and celebration,” but in the present Situation When we all again ask ourselves what really has priority “.
In Lower Saxony, protecting face-to-face teaching has the highest priority. Therefore, his house is currently also checking whether the safety net in schools can be tightened even more. For example, they are thinking about even more tests and even about subjecting fully vaccinated students to compulsory tests again.
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