Union wants 7,500 port workers to be given Covid-19 vaccine

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.