Reopening of schools in Mehr did not increase corona statistics – Mehr News Agency | Iran and world’s news
According to the Mehr reporter, vaccination of students in the age group of 12 to 16 is being followed these days. According to the latest statistics related to the academic year 1399-1400, more than 6 million students between the ages of 12 and 18 are studying. Now the officials of the Ministry of Health believe Are for Achieving vaccination of 70% of the country’s population and crossing پاندمی Coronas need to vaccinate students as well as education officials to reopen schools and return to education Presence They insist on it.
However, the vaccination plan for 12- to 18-year-old students will be officially launched on October 6th. centers Comprehensive health of the Ministry of Health began At the moment Optional and with parental permission But It is recommended that students and parents join the scheme and the vaccine is intended for this age group Sinofarm Is. Of course, there are also 500 comprehensive vaccination centers for students across the country so that parents have the right to choose where to get vaccinated.
Goodarzi, the head of the Health Office of the Ministry of Education, told Mehr about the latest situation of student vaccination: “Until yesterday, 4,100,000 students have received the vaccine.” That means more than 50 percent of students were vaccinated. On the 21st and 22nd of October, the vaccination program for students was implemented.
Goodarzi said: “We hope that the number of vaccinated students in the country will reach 70% in Total Reach. Vaccinating students will make families more secure against the corona, and with schools reopening in mid-November, families will experience less anxiety.
In the end, he said: At the moment We are witnessing an increasing trend of student vaccination every day.
These words while observations Field Mehr reports that in the meantime, the preparation of fully official vaccination cards for students whose parents are against vaccination But Because it is possible to attend school Subject to Have a vaccination card, possible And a number of families have these cards without their children being vaccinated. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Education can not control these cases and the Ministry of Health must have a serious supervision in the process of issuing vaccination cards.
On the other hand, while the Ministry of Education is talking about receiving more than 50% of the vaccine by the 12 to 16 year old student community, Massoud Younesian Epidemiologist And a professor at Tehran University of Medical Sciences announced in a special news interview on October 15 that according to the statistics recorded to date, 35% of people over the age of 12 both Dose They received the vaccine and the others received only one dose.
Actually Both statistics above 50% are correct and statistics above 35% But It should be noted that the ultimate criteria are those of both Dose Have received the vaccine.
According to Mehr, it has not yet announced a precise method for the primary age group to reopen schools gradually since November. A group that is not yet vaccinated But There is a need for them to return to school. Also, due to the fact that a number of schools were reopened in the elementary school, especially in the first grade, in the days of Mehr, no statistics have been announced by the Ministry of Health. Infection Have we been in children? Perhaps providing these statistics could clearly provide a link between school reopening and coronary statistics. However, the declining trend of corona statistics in the country in general can show that the reopening of schools at least caused Tension The statistics do not show the same sign Reflection And it’s good.
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