P-05-1119 Prioritise teachers, school and childcare staff for COVID-19 vaccination

P-05-1119 Prioritise teachers, school and childcare staff for COVID-19 vaccination

This petition was submitted by Jonathan Môn Hughes having collected a total of 16,288 signatures.

Text of Petition:                     

Due to many children who contract COVID-19 being asymptomatic, the spread in schools is often unnoticed until a staff member develops symptoms.

NHS staff will be vaccinated as they risk their lives. School and childcare staff are also risking their lives but are not prioritised for a vaccine.

Additional Information:

Since September:

- more than 2,120 members of school staff have tested positive for COVID-19.

- more than 3,030 pupils have tested positive for COVID-19.

- more than 1,570 schools have reported at least one case of coronavirus.

Status

This petition was considered completed by the Petitions Committee at its meeting on 02/03/2021.

The Committee considered the correspondence received ahead of the upcoming Plenary debate scheduled for 3 March and agreed that the petitions should be closed following the debate, given that the Committee will have done all it can to raise the profile of this issue and in the context of the advice and recommendations being provided by the JCVI.

Full details of the consideration of this petitions by the committee and related documents can be seen on the Meetings tab above.

It was first considered by the Petitions Committee on 26/01/2021.

Senedd Constituency and Region

• Ynys Môn
• North Wales

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