COVID update: Schools can reopen safely, even if teachers are not imported for coronavirus, says CDC

WASHINGTON – The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says schools can reopen safely even if teachers are not vaccinated for the coronavirus.

Since some unions of teachers do not succeed in resuming personal education before teachers are vaccinated, says dr. Rochelle Walensky: “Vaccination of teachers is not a prerequisite for safe reopening of schools.” Walensky cited CDC data showing that social spread and wearing a mask significantly reduces the spread of the virus in the school environment.

White House COVID-19 coordinator Jeff Zients called on Congress to pass on additional funds to ensure schools have the necessary resources to support the reopening.

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President Joe Biden has vowed to ensure that nearly all K-8 schools will reopen to personal tutoring within the first 100 days of its administration.

Teachers are being prescribed as “essential workers” under the CDC’s vaccination plans, although many have not yet received any doses as the country still has a vaccine shortage.