MORE AIR PURIFIERS ON THEIR WAY TO SCHOOLS

As winter approaches and schools begin to close doors and windows, the Andrews Labor Government is more than doubling the number of air purifiers in schools to keep students and staff safer and slow the spread of coronavirus.
Minister for Education James Merlino has announced the rollout of an additional 60,000 air purifiers, on top of the 51,000 already delivered before the beginning of Term 1, which will see a purifier in every
single classroom, instead of just high-risk areas of schools.
“Our students have returned to face-to-face learning in 2022 safely and successfully – and we’re supporting that to
continue, with more purifiers for classrooms to complement our other vital COVIDSafe measures,” he said.
“This is the largest investment in school ventilation in the nation – no other state is taking such strong steps to protect students, staff and school communities.”
After an open tender process, Samsung has been awarded the contract for the additional purifiers – matching the Samsung devices that have already been successfully delivered and used in schools across the state.
This winter allocation will provide enough purifiers to cover all classrooms and other high-risk spaces in all government and low-fee non-government schools by the beginning of winter – including general purpose
classrooms and other specialist classrooms such as art and science rooms.
Of the 111,000 air purifiers, a few thousand purifiers will be kept in storage after winter begins to be distributed to schools whose enrolments increase or who commission extra classrooms throughout the second half of the year.

– Minister for Education James Merlino Media Release

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