18,000 Shots Given to N.Y.C. School Employees Ahead of Vaccine Deadline
The New York Times
The mandate is the first full vaccine requirement for any group of city workers and affects well over 150,000 teachers and staff members.
New York’s requirement that virtually everyone who works in the city’s public schools be vaccinated against the coronavirus compelled thousands of Department of Education employees to get at least one dose of a vaccine in the past week, leading to extremely high vaccination rates among educators, according to preliminary data released on Friday.
At least 98 percent of principals and 93 percent of teachers as well as 90 percent of non-education staff members had been vaccinated by Friday, city officials said. The figures are likely to change by Monday, the deadline for meeting the requirement, because more employees are very likely get shots or provide proof of vaccination over the weekend.
The Department of Education reported that more than 18,000 shots had been given to staff members since Sept. 24.
