{"id":104161,"date":"2020-12-15T21:38:13","date_gmt":"2020-12-15T21:38:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/?p=104161"},"modified":"2020-12-28T15:12:15","modified_gmt":"2020-12-28T15:12:15","slug":"iata-asks-to-consider-aviation-workers-as-essential-for-vaccination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2020\/12\/iata-asks-to-consider-aviation-workers-as-essential-for-vaccination.html","title":{"rendered":"IATA asks to consider aviation workers as essential for Vaccination."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The International Air Transport Association (IATA) renewed its call on governments to ensure that employees in the aviation sector are considered as essential workers during the impending COVID-19 vaccine campaign, once health care workers and vulnerable groups have been protected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/en\/2020\/12\/china-suggests-flight-attendants-use-diapers-to-prevent-covid.html\">China suggests flight attendants use diapers to prevent Covid.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are not asking for aviation workers to be on top of the list, but we need governments to ensure that transportation workers are considered as essential when vaccine roll-out plans are developed, \u201d said Alexandre de Juniac, IATA\u2019s Director General and CEO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/en\/2020\/12\/key-west-airport-uses-a-disinfection-robot-against-covid-19.html\">Key West airport uses a disinfection robot against Covid-19.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>IATA\u2019s call is aligned with the proposed Roadmap for Prioritizing Uses of COVID-19 Vaccines by the World Health Organization\u2019s Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE). This recommends priority populations for vaccination based on the respective epidemiologic situation and vaccine supply scenarios. 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