Teachers and students will not have to don masks at schools and early learning centres when parts of New Zealand go to alert level 3 on Wednesday. Teachers who have not yet had a chance to be vaccinated are anxious about being on the frontline under the Delta variant, and want priority access to vaccination. MONIQUE FORD / Fairfax NZ/Stuff New Zealand Principals' Federation national president Perry Rush says level 3 is challenging for teachers. NZEI Te Riu Roa, the country’s largest education union, is not advocating for teachers to gain priority access to Covid-19 vaccines at this stage. President Liam Rutherford said vulnerable teachers and principals were not expected to be on-site at level 3.

Source: Stuff August 29, 2021 05:37 UTC