Thread by @miamalan

[Thread] 1. LATEST details re the teacher/school staff #VaccineRollOutSA.

1. Which jab will be used? #JNJ
2. How many doses are needed? 1 per person
3. When will it start? Wed, 23 Jun
4. When will it end? Thurs, 8 Jul
5. How many school staff need to get vaccinated? 582 564

2. Who qualifies?

1. EVERYONE at gov schools
- 395 682 teachers
- 104 111 support staff
- 42 671 teachers/early childhood development staff

2. EDUCATORS working at (legally registered) private schools
- 42 671 teachers, but no support staff

3. Education dpt office staff

3. Who else at government schools can get vaccinated?

1. Staff who transport children to and from schools
2. School feeding scheme staff
3. Staff who do remote learning programmes
4. Teacher union, security, cleaning staff

4. Which school staff can't get vaccinated?

1. Those who had #COVID in the past 30 days
2. Those how have already received a #JnJ jab (under #Sisonke) or one #Pfizer jab
3. Those who had received a flu jab in the past 14 days

5. How do you register?
1. If you work at a gov school + are on their payroll, your details will already be on the #EVDS
2. Lists of private school + SGB appointed teachers will be submitted to the edu dpt. The lists will be uploaded onto the EVDS.
3. You can't register on-site

6. What do you need to take with you to a site?
1. ID
2. Medical aid card (if you belong to one)
3. A letter or list with your name, signed by the school principal, that confirms you're a staff member (in case the EVDS is offline because of load shedding)

7. How many jabs have we got for schools?

1. 300 000 arrived on Thursday, but 582 000+ people need to get vaccinated
2. More doses will arrive next week. 280 000+ of those doses will be given to the education vaccination programme

When will the jabs expire?
1. 8 August

8. Where will school staff get vaccinated?

1. 281 special sites will be set up
2. Public schools will be scheduled first
2. School staff without their own transport, have to be assisted by their schools (not the education dpt)
3 Uber has offered 100 000 free rides to sites