Over 7,500 workers at Jordan's Queen Alia International Airport receive COVID-19 vaccine
Published 18 May,2021 via The Jordan Times AMMAN — The Airport International Group (AIG) announced that 7,575 Queen Alia International Airport (QAIA) workers — 90 per cent of whom hold frontline positions — have received the COVID-19 vaccine.
The ongoing national vaccination campaign — which is aligned with the directives of the Government of Jordan and implemented in cooperation with the General Command of the Jordanian Armed Forces/Arab Army and the Coronavirus Crisis Cell — has assigned the Airports Security and Protection Directorate (ASPD) to administer the COVID-19 vaccine to workers at all Jordanian airports, according to an AIG statement.
In addition to the vaccination campaign, the AIG has implemented numerous preventive measures amid the COVID-19 pandemic, as per national and international health and safety guidelines, earning QAIA the Airports Council International “Airport Health Accreditation” following the resumption of international flights in September 2020, the statement said.
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