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) They comprise pilots, flightattendants, and ground staff, who have frequent contact with passengers.
The inoculation, using theAstraZeneca vaccine, is carried out at the vaccination centre of theHanoi-based Vietnam National Children’s Hospital, with about 250 people to getthe jabs each day.
Vietnam Airlines is the country’sfirst air carrier to arrange the vaccinations for both the flight crew andground handling workers.
Earlier, nearly 800 employeesof the Vietnam Airlines Group at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho ChiMinh City and Vinh Airport in central Nghe An province were inoculated.
The latest vaccination programmewill raise the number of the inoculated personnel of the group, consisting of VietnamAirlines, Pacific Airlines, and VASCO, to nearly 2,300.
The Vietnam Airlines Group isto keep working with relevant agencies to expand the vaccine coverage to all thestaff, using its welfare fund.
Together with existinganti-COVID-19 measures, the carrier expects the vaccinations will help protectits staff, passengers, and the community from the disease and encourage airtravel./.
VNA
