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Intercargo invites the world authorities to include seafarers among the priority categories for the administration of anti-Covid vaccines
Fafalios: Seafarers should be included in the early stages of vaccination programmes
December 9, 2020
Intercargo's exhortation is also aimed at resolving the problem of seafarers stranded on board their ships and seafarers unable to reach their ships due to the restrictions on mobility imposed by world governments to the Covid-19 pandemic. "It is a source of serious concern - underlined the Vice-President of Intercargo, Jay K. Pillai -- that at least 3% of all seafarers currently at board the ships will spend a second Christmas at sea, away from their families and friends, and that, in spite of the air flights are available, about 20% of all seafarers on board the ships can't quit their jobs even if they've finished their regular contractual period. The world is making great strides in countering the social and economic cost caused by this Virus. Now -- added Pillai -- it's time that the World Health Organization works in the direction to define a vaccination certificate, both paper and electronic, which is accepted worldwide, so that recognized the unique situation that our seafarers must to face.'
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Intercargo's exhortation is also aimed at resolving the problem of seafarers stranded on board their ships and seafarers unable to reach their ships due to the restrictions on mobility imposed by world governments to the Covid-19 pandemic. "It is a source of serious concern - underlined the Vice-President of Intercargo, Jay K. Pillai -- that at least 3% of all seafarers currently at board the ships will spend a second Christmas at sea, away from their families and friends, and that, in spite of the air flights are available, about 20% of all seafarers on board the ships can't quit their jobs even if they've finished their regular contractual period. The world is making great strides in countering the social and economic cost caused by this Virus. Now -- added Pillai -- it's time that the World Health Organization works in the direction to define a vaccination certificate, both paper and electronic, which is accepted worldwide, so that recognized the unique situation that our seafarers must to face.'
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
