FACTBOX-Eight unusual places being used as COVID-19 vaccination centres Reuters 1/22/2021
By Sonia Elks
LONDON, Jan 22 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - As countries around the world roll out mass COVID-19 vaccination programmes, large public spaces from ice rinks to cathedrals are being repurposed as makeshift inoculation hubs.
Here are eight of the more usual venues being used to host vaccination facilities:
1. A cathedral: The 800-year-old Salisbury Cathedral is one of several British cathedrals to open as a vaccination centre. Those awaiting their shot can enjoy organ music to calm any last-minute nerves.
2. Disneyland: California officials have taken over a parking lot at the Anaheim resort as a super-site with the capacity to vaccinate some 3,000 people per day.
By Contributor - January 21, 2021
The three are the first non-local carriers to be given the green light by the city-stateâs aviation regulator.
The departures drop-off at Terminal 3, Singapore Changi Airport. (Photo: Shawn Ang/Unsplash)
According to a report in
The Straits Times, three foreign airlines have resumed transfer services at Changi Airport this month after receiving a stamp of approval by the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS). While CAAS declined to give the names of those carriers, a spokesman told the paper that applications were evaluated based on proposed health and safety measures at the airport to safeguard both passengers and ground crew from potential Covid-19 transmission.
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Singapore News - A mass exercise to vaccinate 37,000 front-line workers in the aviation and maritime sectors began yesterday, paving the way for Singapore to revive its flagging airline industry. About 13,000 workers have registered to get their first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine this week. Read more at www.tnp.sg
A mass exercise to vaccinate 37,000 front-line workers in the aviation and maritime sectors began yesterday, paving the way for Singapore to revive its flagging airline industry.. Read more at straitstimes.com.