{"id":27656,"date":"2021-02-19T17:30:40","date_gmt":"2021-02-19T17:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/?p=27656"},"modified":"2021-02-19T17:30:43","modified_gmt":"2021-02-19T17:30:43","slug":"school-bus-drivers-plea-for-vaccinations-as-return-to-class-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/school-bus-drivers-plea-for-vaccinations-as-return-to-class-begins\/","title":{"rendered":"School bus drivers&#8217; plea for vaccinations as return to class begins"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/02\/IMG_0277-2-1024x712.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27667\" width=\"757\" height=\"526\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/02\/IMG_0277-2-1024x712.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/02\/IMG_0277-2-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/02\/IMG_0277-2-770x535.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/02\/IMG_0277-2-293x204.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/02\/IMG_0277-2.jpg 1093w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 757px) 100vw, 757px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/02\/IMG_0277-2-1024x712.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27667\" width=\"757\" height=\"526\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/02\/IMG_0277-2-1024x712.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/02\/IMG_0277-2-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/02\/IMG_0277-2-770x535.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/02\/IMG_0277-2-293x204.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/02\/IMG_0277-2.jpg 1093w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 757px) 100vw, 757px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>Photo Credit: Dragos Coach<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On Monday morning, some primary children will catch the school bus for the first time since December. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, school bus drivers are anxious about what that means for them and are calling on the Welsh Government to prioritise them for vaccination against Covid-19. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eifion Clarke, a bus driver in Cardiff, says that buses full of unmasked children puts him and his colleagues at risk. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re in a sealed environment with a lot of people. No matter how much PPE  you supply us, the children still have to walk past us getting on and off the bus,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;No disrespect to my colleagues but, as bus drivers, we are slightly more obese as we&#8217;re required to sit down all day and the majority of drivers are actually older, which also puts them at risk.&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since July last year it has been a legal requirement to wear a face covering on public transport. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yet under the current government guidelines, children under the age of 11 are exempt from these rules. This means that those children returning to school buses next week won\u2019t need to wear face masks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Confederation for Public Transport has written to the Government calling for school bus drivers to be prioritised for the vaccine. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Josh Miles, Director of the Confederation in Wales, called on the Welsh Government to protect drivers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said: &#8220;We contacted the Welsh Government for a statement. The said that they were following the advice of the Joint Committee of Vaccinations and Immunisations. 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