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SINGAPORE: Eligible Singapore Airlines (SIA) staff members will begin receiving the COVID-19 vaccine from Wednesday (January 13) at Changi Airport Terminal 4 as part of a vaccination campaign for some industry workers. of aviation.
The vaccine is available to Singapore-based staff members currently on the routine testing program included in the list, an SIA spokesman said Tuesday.
These include cabin crew, pilots, staff members at the airport whose job requires them to interact with passengers, and selected members of the engineering staff.
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Participation is voluntary and the SIA Group “strongly encourages” all eligible staff members to accept this offer, the spokesperson said.
On December 21, Singapore received its first shipment of COVID-19 vaccines, making it the first country in Asia to receive the vaccine developed by the American pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and the German company BioNTech.
FOLLOW-UP DEVICES ON THE CREW MEMBERS DURING TRIPS ABROAD
SIA also said in a separate statement on Tuesday that additional measures have also been introduced for operational crew members during overseas stopovers.
During these stopovers, you will be transported by an exclusive chartered bus to and from your hotel, which will be located near the airport and away from the city center.
All crew members must stay in their hotel rooms during the layover period and must use devices that track their location to ensure they are in compliance with this regulation.
They are not allowed to physically interact with each other during this time and should also take their temperature regularly and monitor their health closely during their duty period.
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On December 30, the Ministry of Health (MOH) confirmed that a Singapore Airlines pilot had tested “preliminarily positive” for the new strain of coronavirus circulating in the UK.
The pilot had traveled to the UK on work from December 19 to December 22. It was tested on December 23 as part of the regular tests for crew members who travel frequently. The test was negative.
After developing a fever on December 26, he sought medical treatment the next day at a general medicine clinic, where COVID-19 samples were taken.
His test came back positive for COVID-19 on December 29 and he was transported by ambulance to the National Center for Infectious Diseases. The 40-year-old man’s serological test came back negative, indicating a possible current infection, the Health Ministry said.
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