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Japan Airlines Co. on Monday began providing on-site COVID-19 vaccinations for its employees, with the move coming a day after All Nippon Airways Co. started its own inoculation drive becoming the first business in Japan to begin workplace vaccinations.
Both airlines started to administer the inoculations at Tokyo's Haneda airport, with crew on international flights being given priority for the jabs. Japan's two top carriers beginning their workplace vaccination campaigns comes well ahead of the government's planned June 21 start for companies and universities in Japan to begin their own vaccination campaign or double-up as inoculation centers.
Japan's flag-bearing carrier, JAL, said it plans to vaccinate 36,000 group employees, with the focus initially on those working on international routes, whereas ANA Holdings Inc. said 46,500 of its staff are eligible to be vaccinated.
JAL will give priority to around 10,000 of its employees, including pilots and crew, working on international flights.
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