Darrin King, Minister of Education, announced today that effective immediately, travel restrictions for schools across the province have been lifted.
"We are allowing school-related travel to resume as we feel that the health risk we were facing one month ago has been significantly reducded," says minister King. "The majority of students from Kindergarten to Grade 12 have received the H1N1 vaccine and student absenteeism rates have turned to normal levels."
School-aged children were among the first to receive the vaccine when it became available in the province, beginning with the lower grades and moving into high schools. As of Thurssday, Nov. 26, 93.5 pe cent of children from grades K-6 have received their H1N1 vaccination.
