40% of Tainan Students Take Vaccination Leaves 南市2校1372學生接種  隔天近4成請疫苗假

Tainan City government says students who has a jab are entitled for a 3-day vaccination leave. 

Presenter: As campus inoculations of BNT vaccines have started, Tainan City Education Bureau said it would relax vaccination leave standards. 40% of the students at two schools in Tainan stayed home to rest the next day of the vaccination. Tainan Mayor Huang Wei-che said he is considering to allow schools to shut down temporarily if too many students are absent due to post vaccine recovery.

The student gets ready to receive the vaccine after being assessed by the doctor. However, there were still some sporadic issues on the 23rd with the national launch of BNT vaccines. A senior high school student in Hsinchu fainted after being vaccinated with the BNT vaccine. BNT vaccine was launched for high school and junior high school students. Two schools in Tainan City administered a total of 1,372 vaccinations on the 22nd. However, 510 students, or 40 percent of those that received shots, took a vaccination leave on the 23rd. Tainan City Education Bureau stated that three days of vaccination leave can be taken after vaccination. If students don't feel well, they will be allowed to stay home and rest.

Parent:” He just said he wanted to sleep and that he was tired. There seem to be a lot of issues, so it's better to be careful.”

Yang Chih-hsiung, Chief Secretary, Education Bureau, Tainan:”There are some symptoms after the shot, such as muscle soreness. Of course, our schools will be more lenient if a child is feeling uncomfortable.”

Tainan Mayor Huang Wei-che said at least school nurses and teachers can help if students are not feeling well. If too many students call in sick with vaccine side effects, he will authorize principals to decide whether to shut down the whole school.

Huang Wei-che, Tainan Mayor:”We will evaluate to give principals the authority to make their own decision. If a particular school's students don't feel well or the number of students taking sick day leave reaches a certain amount, it's probably time to shut down the school.”

The Education Bureau said schools should prearrange courses for those students who take vaccination leaves so they can catch up on their learning progress. If students' learning needs to be supplemented after returning to school, the school will make relevant arrangements to ensure students can catch up. 

學生經過醫生評估後，已經就位準備接種疫苗，不過23號全國同步開打後，還是出現零星狀況，新竹一名高三學生接種BNT疫苗後暈針，所幸沒大礙，由家長帶回家休息。國高中生BNT疫苗開打，台南市22號兩間學校共接種了1372位，不過23號共510位請疫苗假，將近4成，對此，台南市教育局表示，打完疫苗後可請3天疫苗假，學生若身體不舒服，也將從寬認定，讓學生在家休息。

學生家長：「就說他很想睡覺、然後全身很疲憊，就疫苗狀況很多，所以還是小心點比較好。」

台南市教育局主秘 楊智雄：「施打後的一些症狀，比如說肌肉痠痛，或是有一些些微的症狀，那當然孩子有不舒服的反應，那我們這邊學校就會從寬認定。」

第一天打完將近4成學生請疫苗假，台南市長黃偉哲也說，學生到校上課若身體不舒服，至少還有校護、老師可以協助，而一旦請假人數太多，將評估授權給校長決定是否全校休假。

台南市長 黃偉哲：「我們會評估授權各學校校長自己來做決定，如果該校的同學不適的反應或是請疫苗假的人數，真的是到達一定數量的話，該放就放。」

至於請假學生的受教權，教育局也提早因應，安排靜態課程。若回校後進度需要補充加強，校方也會做相關安排，讓學生可以追上進度。