Vietnam Airlines is the first carrier in the country to have both the flight crew and ground handling workers vaccinated against COVID-19 (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – As many
as 1,500 of Vietnam Airlines are
being vaccinated against COVID-19 from May 13 to 20.
They comprise pilots, flight
attendants, and ground staff, who have frequent contact with passengers.
The inoculation, using the
AstraZeneca vaccine, is carried out at the vaccination centre of the
Hanoi-based Vietnam National Children’s Hospital, with about 250 people to get
the jabs each day.
is the country’s
first air carrier to arrange the vaccinations for both the flight crew and
ground handling workers.
Earlier, nearly 800 employees
of the Vietnam Airlines Group at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi
Minh City and Vinh Airport in central Nghe An province were inoculated.
The latest vaccination programme
will raise the number of the inoculated personnel of the group, consisting of Vietnam
Airlines, Pacific Airlines, and VASCO, to nearly 2,300.
The Vietnam Airlines Group is
to keep working with relevant agencies to expand the vaccine coverage to all the
staff, using its welfare fund.
Together with existing
anti- measures, the carrier expects the vaccinations will help protect
its staff, passengers, and the community from the disease and encourage air
travel./.
Source: VietnamPlus
