The rate is still lowest in elementary schools and highest in AHS. According to the federal states, there are most of the vaccinated teachers in Burgenland, the fewest in Salzburg and Upper Austria. However, the proportion of people who have been vaccinated is higher everywhere than in the general population.
Unvaccinated are still more common among elementary school students Teachers in the classroom than with older students (elementary school: 81.6 percent, middle school: 84.9, BMS / BHS: 86.6, AHS: 90.2). There are still differences depending on the federal state (Burgenland: 90.6, Vienna: 88.2, Styria: 86.3, Lower Austria: 86.2, Vorarlberg: 85.4, Tyrol: 83.6, Carinthia: 82.6, Upper Austria: 82.0, Salzburg: 81.8).
The high vaccination rate contributes to the fact that schools can stay open even during the pandemic, emphasized the new education minister Martin Polaschek (ÖVP) according to a broadcast by the education ministry. “The teachers show a high sense of responsibility and thus significantly increase safety in schools. I am very grateful to them for that.” The Tyrolean Provincial Councilor Beate Palfrader (ÖVP) also appealed to all unvaccinated teachers to get vaccinated, “so that our schools become even more safe places than they already are”. The Vienna City Councilor for Education Christoph Wiederkehr (NEOS) emphasized the importance of the third vaccination with a view to the Omikron variant. “The sooner we all get the booster, the safer we can go into the future!”
Source: Nachrichten
