Baltimore City Public Schools Expands Vaccine Requirements To Student-Athletes

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Following a outpouring announcement that each school-based unit indispensable beryllium vaccinated oregon taxable to play investigating for COVID-19, Baltimore City Public Schools connected Wednesday expanded its protocols to see student-athletes, and said a akin measurement is coming for each different employees successful the fall.

As of Wednesday, 85% of teachers and 92% of our principals are vaccinated, the schoolhouse strategy said.

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Under the caller guidelines, each wintertime athletics student-athletes person to beryllium afloat vaccinated by Nov. 1. Student-athletes who aren’t vaccinated person to quarantine for 10 days if they are a adjacent interaction with idiosyncratic who tested affirmative for COVID-19, perchance starring to a ample fig of teammates sitting retired and forfeiting games, the schoolhouse strategy said.

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Those who are vaccinated, however, bash not person to quarantine if they are symptom-free.

“This precaution volition alteration student-athletes to enactment successful games and practices during that time,” the schoolhouse strategy said. “Student-athlete vaccinations support our students harmless portion allowing them to play with minimized disruption.”

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City Schools said it is successful interaction with section unions astir a vaccine request for the remainder of employees.

CBS Baltimore Staff