Singapore Airlines (SIA) confirmed to CNN Travel that every one of their crew members — together with pilots, gate brokers, flight attendants and anybody whose job requires contact with the general public — have been supplied free coronavirus vaccines by the Singaporean authorities.
“We are grateful to the Singapore government for making the aviation sector a priority in the country’s vaccination exercise,” the airline’s CEO, Goh Choon Phong, mentioned in an announcement that was emailed out to the entire firm on January 18.
“This reflects the sector’s importance, and the crucial role we play in both Singapore’s economic recovery and the fight against the pandemic.”
According to the airline, 5,200 SIA staff have already signed as much as get their photographs. Inoculations will start in a couple of days.
Phong, alongside Singapore’s transport minister Ong Ye Kung, was among the many city-state’s first residents to get vaccinated. He has obtained the primary of his two photographs, and studies that “the procedure was painless and fuss-free.”
Once vaccinated, crew members can be topic to much less scrutiny and fewer coronavirus-related safety measures. For instance, flight crew who’re at the moment examined on the seventh day after their return to Singapore can be exempt from this check going ahead.
