Education
Masks on for Students in TCI, Education extends face covering rule
By Dana Malcolm
Staff Writer
#TurksandCaicos, May 14, 2022 – Mask mandates may have been dropped throughout the country but students will have to continue to mask up for classes for the foreseeable future.
The Ministry of Education has extended the mask mandates for students in school, alerting institutions of the
Students will be made to keep their masks on until the end of the school year in July.
Another defence in the ongoing Coronaivurs Pandemic, is the Ministry of Health’s increasing push for child vaccinations against Covid-19.
Vaccines for children ages 6-11 are now available in the TCI, however uptake has been low.
The Education Ministry has not released any communication on precisely why the mask mandates are being extended for students but the decision comes following a rise in Covid-19 cases on the islands.