Andonovska denies Public Health Institute sought to exclude unvaccinated children from schools and kindergartens

The Public Health Institute and other health institutions have not asked schools and kindergartens to refuse admission to unvaccinated children. Nor have they asked schools for lists showing which children have been vaccinated and which have not. Marija Andonovska, director of the Public Health Institute, told “Lokalno” this.

Her response comes after photographs of a purported order from the Institute to schools, requesting information on pupils’ vaccination status, circulated on social media over the past ten days. A document has also circulated that parents are supposed to fill out, declaring that they guarantee, under criminal and financial liability, that their children have been vaccinated.

Andonovska said these claims were false. She said that, if necessary, the Institute could make public the measles prevention recommendations and guidance it sent to schools, along with the accompanying letters.

According to Andonovska, neither the Institute nor any other health institution has instructed schools to turn away unvaccinated children. She added that their role, within their respective areas of responsibility, is to provide recommendations, educational materials and similar protocols.