Etihad Airways has turn out to be the primary airline on the planet with all its working pilots and cabin crew vaccinated to assist curb the unfold of COVID-19.
Tony Douglas, Group Chief Government Officer, Etihad Aviation Group, stated in a press release: ‘We proactively made the vaccine accessible to all our staff to not solely assist fight the consequences of COVID-19 however to make travellers really feel assured and reassured the subsequent time they fly with us. We’re the one airline on the planet to make COVID-19 testing obligatory for each passenger and crew member earlier than each flight and now, we’re the primary airline on the planet with 100% vaccinated crew on board.
‘I selected very early on to be vaccinated to display my very own assist of the nationwide vaccination programme and to encourage everybody at Etihad who was eligible for the vaccine, to obtain it as quickly as attainable. I wish to thank your complete Etihad household for all the pieces they’ve completed to assist us attain this milestone – I’m really humbled.’
100% of our crew are vaccinated. We’re the primary airline on the planet to vaccinate all pilots and cabin crew on board in opposition to #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/LUeAH7Q4pL
— Etihad Airways (@etihad) February 10, 2021
This achievement was made attainable by means of Etihad’s ‘Protected Collectively’ worker vaccination initiative which was formally launched in January this yr. Constructing on the UAE’s Select to Vaccinate marketing campaign, Protected Collectively is about serving to workers take proactive, private steps in direction of defending themselves in opposition to COVID-19.
In 2020, Etihad took vital steps in direction of supporting staff to obtain the COVID-19 vaccine. In collaboration with the well being authorities, the airline facilitated entry for its frontline workers to the UAE’s Emergency Use Programme. Etihad was one of many first employers within the capital to safe locations for his or her frontline workers – together with pilots and cabin crew – in Abu Dhabi’s vaccination programme. Etihad additionally ensured the Etihad Airways Medical Centre grew to become an accredited COVID-19 vaccination clinic.
Dr. Nadia Bastaki, Vice President Medical Companies and CSR, Etihad Aviation Group, stated: ‘Following the nationwide vaccination programme, we labored tirelessly to turn out to be an authorized COVID-19 vaccination clinic to assist our workers, and their dependants, be capable of simply entry the vaccine. Since December 2020, now we have been providing in-house vaccination appointments to our staff and their family members to make sure we’re centered on our worker’s wellbeing.’
To assist additional develop worker confidence, the Protected Collectively initiative contains digital talks to attach workers with main medical professionals, cellular clinics so staff can obtain the vaccine at work, and workers are offered entry to easy and clear vaccine info.
Following the UAE Authorities’s goal to vaccinate half of the UAE inhabitants by the top of March 2021, Etihad is forward of schedule with over 75% of its total workforce already having acquired at the least one dose of the vaccine. With much more exercise nonetheless deliberate as a part of the Protected Collectively initiative, this determine will proceed to develop as extra staff step ahead and select to vaccinate.
In an effort to guard residents and residents of the United Arab Emirates, Etihad thanks the related authorities for his or her assist in making the vaccine accessible to attain nationwide immunity. At the moment, the UAE has the second-highest vaccination fee on the planet.
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