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Information Minister Melford Nicholas says when school resumes face to face classes next week, students who are not vaccinated will be removed from the physical classroom.<\/p>

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\u201cAll students who are eligible to take vaccinations are going to be required to do it\u201d Nicholas said adding that n default, students will be removed from classrooms if they are not vaccinated within 14 days.<\/p>\n

Three thousand eligible students still remain unvaccinated against Covid-19.<\/p>

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Schools across Antigua & Barbuda are set to reopen for face-to-face learning next Tuesday.<\/p>

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It will begin with the Ministry of Education\u2019s Tier 2 strategy.<\/p>\n

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Information Minister Melford Nicholas says when school resumes face to face classes next week, students who are not vaccinated will be removed from the physical classroom. \u201cAll students who are eligible to take vaccinations are going to be required to do it\u201d Nicholas said adding that n default, students will be removed from classrooms if […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":118966,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-140518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education"],"yoast_head":"\nStudents told to vaccinate or be removed from classrooms - Antigua News Room<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/students-told-to-vaccinate-or-be-removed-from-classrooms\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Students told to vaccinate or be removed from classrooms\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Information Minister Melford Nicholas says when school resumes face to face classes next week, students who are not vaccinated will be removed from the physical classroom. \u201cAll students who are eligible to take vaccinations are going to be required to do it\u201d Nicholas said adding that n default, students will be removed from classrooms if […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/students-told-to-vaccinate-or-be-removed-from-classrooms\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Antigua News Room\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/antiguanewsroom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-10-28T14:03:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/empty-classroom-schools-696x464-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"696\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"464\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Editor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@AntiguaNewsRoom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@AntiguaNewsRoom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Editor\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/students-told-to-vaccinate-or-be-removed-from-classrooms\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/students-told-to-vaccinate-or-be-removed-from-classrooms\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Editor\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/36cac05ef6398fe56ae3e6317f8535c5\"},\"headline\":\"Students told to vaccinate or be removed from classrooms\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-10-28T14:03:47+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-10-28T14:03:47+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/students-told-to-vaccinate-or-be-removed-from-classrooms\/\"},\"wordCount\":104,\"commentCount\":13,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/students-told-to-vaccinate-or-be-removed-from-classrooms\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:696\/h:464\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/empty-classroom-schools-696x464-1.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Education\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/students-told-to-vaccinate-or-be-removed-from-classrooms\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/students-told-to-vaccinate-or-be-removed-from-classrooms\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/students-told-to-vaccinate-or-be-removed-from-classrooms\/\",\"name\":\"Students told to vaccinate or be removed from classrooms - 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