Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Chairperson J. Prospero De Vera III has urged college students in Negros Occidental to avail of booster shots as the \u201cbest investment\u201d to be protected against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19).<\/p>\n
Ahead of the CHED\u2019s three-day national directorate meeting here that kicked off on Tuesday, De Vera witnessed the PinasLakas ceremonial booster vaccination for students of state and local universities and colleges as well as private tertiary institutions in separate events held at the Bacolod City College and University of Negros Occidental-Recoletos campuses here on Monday afternoon.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am asking everyone to please get your booster shots. It is the best investment that you can make not for yourselves, but for your family, for your friends and classmates and everyone around you,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
De Vera, who tested positive for Covid-19 twice, said that being a senior citizen, he is living proof that vaccination works.<\/p>\n
He pointed out that school-based vaccination is being conducted since it can be easily monitored because schools already have a list of students.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe schools can report their vaccination (status) to the CHED every week. We can monitor the percentage going up,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
De Vera added that for tertiary schools nationwide, close to 90 percent of the administrators and faculty members have already availed of the first two doses students while among students, 77 percent.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat is because everyone helped to get vaccinated. That is why in November 2021, I issued a directive that all schools can already hold face-to-face classes. The level of confidence is increasing as more people get vaccinated,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
He said that two months ago, the CHED had already allowed non-vaccinated students to go to school.<\/p>\n
It is because with now a low percentage of non-vaccinated individuals, the at-risk population is already easier to manage, and the students\u2019 age-group are the least to contract the virus, he noted.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf we practice proper health protocols, if we get booster shots, if like before we are disciplined in the way we go around, it is much, much safer now for us to have face-to-face classes,\u201d De Vera said. (PNA)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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