2021-08-30

Coronavirus: Hong Kong schools unlikely to resume full-day classes when new term starts, as many students not yet vaccinated

- Low vaccination rate among teens means schools can’t meet 70 per cent requirement by September 1

- School bus operators worried, as many drivers, nannies don’t want jabs, fearing side effects

Hong Kong schools are unlikely to be holding full-day sessions when the new term begins on September 1, as almost none have reached the required 70 per cent threshold of vaccinated students and teachers.

Some secondary schools said while most of their teachers and staff had been vaccinated against Covid-19, many students had not, with some still resisting the jabs because of concerns over side effects ...