[News] Parents ask that 100% of teachers in the country be vaccinated before returning to face-to-face classes

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The president of the National Coordinator of Parents and Apafas of Peru, Edgar Trejo Accounts, asked the Government today that - in order to guarantee a safe return to face-to-face classes - 100% of teachers nationwide be vaccinated against the coronavirus.

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“We want to avoid the contagion of our children when they go to schools. If the teachers are not 100% vaccinated, when they return to our homes they (our children) can infect the elderly ”, said Trejo in RPP.

In that sense, he commented that since March they have requested a meeting with the Minister of Education, Ricardo Cuenca, in order to inform parents about how the vaccination of teachers is progressing.

“If there is not good communication with the parents from the authorities of the Education sector, so that they inform in a truthful and transparent way of these advances, the parents see that the conditions for a face-to-face return to the classrooms, everything happens through a dialogue ”, commented Trejo.

According to him, he represents parents who have children in public schools, so they have "the legitimacy and legality" to represent them.

He also mentioned that in Arequipa, where there are already face-to-face classes, "two teachers were infected with COVID-19 and have died, so we don't want to expose the lives of the children and the teachers."

Trejo said that this concern was addressed at the eighth congress of the National Coordinator of Parents and Apafas of Peru that was held last week.

"We would not want to put the life and health of our children at risk, especially now that a new strain of coronavirus is arriving and this has alarmed and has generated concern in parents," he stressed.

The government currently vaccinates teachers in rural areas of the country, to which are added those included in the programmed age groups, which currently includes citizens aged 47 and over.