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Vaccination for apparel workers on track : JAAF
View(s):“Prior to this most recent mobilisation, only 5% of our workforce had been able to receive their first dose, owing to difficulties in securing vaccines. However, in the last few weeks, the authorities have been able to partially vaccinate approximately one third of the entire apparel workforce,” JAAF Secretary General, Tuli Cooray said.
He said the government had issued protocols that manufacturing companies and other industries must follow to ensure an infection-free and pandemic-compliant environment.
We are committed to the safety and welfare of our workers on the shop floor and everywhere else,” added Cooray. “It’s also in our national interest, and that of the families of our employees, to get back to business as safely and quickly as we can.”
“Continuing at the same pace, we expect more than half of the workforce to have received their first jab within the next two weeks, and approximately 80% by August. If all goes to plan, by December, we should have nearly our entire workforce vaccinated, and safely back at work,” Mr Cooray stated.