MANILA, Philippines — Teachers and non-teaching personnel of the Department of Education (DepEd) should get vaccinated against COVID-19 to ensure that they would not infect students and other individuals they might get in contact with should in-person classes resume, Education Secretary Leonor Briones said on Wednesday during an online visit to Davao Region.
“We at the Department of Education would like to encourage our teachers to be vaccinated because it is not only a matter of protecting your personal rights, but it is also a matter of protecting the lives and health of children and staff who are also entrusted in our care,” Briones said, speaking partly in Filipino.
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