Dock Workers Union (DWU) General Secretary Simon Sang. [Kelvin Karani, Standard]The Dock Workers Union (DWU) has called on the government to consider 7,500 port employees as frontline workers to receive the Covid-19 vaccine. The union wants the port workers to be given priority in the ongoing vaccination because they face the risk of contracting the coronavirus owing to their interaction with cargo owners and foreign ship pilots. "It is our considered opinion therefore that all KPA workers working in ports and inland depots be classified as priority workers in the Covid-19 vaccinations. Read MoreHe asked the KPA chief to facilitate the use of port passes to open port gates instead of using their hands to access the port.

Source: Standard Digital March 28, 2021 19:48 UTC