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Japan Airlines Co. begins COVID-19 vaccinations for employees Monday, a day after All Nippon Airways Co. became the first Japanese firm known to have started offering a workplace inoculation program.
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An employee of All Nippon Airways Co. receives a novel coronavirus jab at Haneda Airport on June 13. (Yasuhiro Sugimoto)
All Nippon Airways Co. on June 13 became the first Japanese business to begin a company-wide inoculation campaign against the novel coronavirus, ahead of the government s initially planned June 21 start.
The carrier began administering prioritized vaccinations to pilots and cabin attendants serving international flights who wanted to get vaccinated at its Tokyo office at Haneda Airport.
ANA’s campaign comes as the government steps up calls for inoculations across the business sector, part of a larger effort to swiftly vaccinate as many as people as possible, not just health care workers and senior citizens.
All Nippon Airways Co on Sunday began its COVID-19 inoculation program for employees at Tokyo's Haneda airport, moving up the schedule set by the government by more than a week and becoming the first Japanese firm known to start offering workplace vaccinations. The government unveiled a plan earlier this month…