On the 4 March, 2022, the Premier Hon. Peter Gutwein MP, announced a phase out of the mandatory mask-wearing public health order.
Yesterday you were out trumpeting the next stage of your Back to School Plan. Last week you reported 1703 school children were COVID-19 positive.
The Gutwein Government’s “updated’ Covid school plan denies the reality of massive case numbers in unprotected children.
The Gutwein Government’s decision to remove universal mask wearing requirements is reckless.
Of the 1703 confirmed active cases, we know that 1292 of them are in primary schools.
Our active case load of 5037 people has been climbing every day since 15 February when there were about 3000 active cases.
Your plan clearly did not provide COVID-safe learning environments for unvaccinated, unmasked primary school students.
We asked the Premier to apologise to Tasmanian parents, students and teachers for not keeping them safe from Covid. Peter Gutwein refused to say sorry.
We are unsurprised at the Liberals’ plan to ditch mandatory check-ins, but the Premier’s indication he will consider dropping mask mandates is alarming.
We are calling on the Gutwein Government to be transparent about Covid case numbers in schools.