Covid-19: Expo participants urged to take free jab

Dubai - Expo 2020 Dubai Steering Committee praised Sheikh Hamdan’s offer to provide free vaccinations to all official participants and their staff

Expo’s steering committee has urged all of the event’s participants to get their free Covid jab, a vaccination drive introduced by Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the emirate’s Executive Council.

During its meeting on Thursday, the Expo 2020 Dubai Steering Committee praised Sheikh Hamdan’s offer to provide free vaccinations to all official participants and their staff. The recommendation was made as the committee, representing the 190-plus participating nations and comprising commissioners-general from 34 countries, discussed the robust safety measures being implemented for the mega event.

Manuel Salchli, chair of the committee and commissioner-general for Switzerland at Expo 2020, said: “Health and safety is a pivotal part of the planning and operations for all World Expos and the ongoing global pandemic has put this more sharply into focus. It is very important that all official participants should benefit from the UAE’s generous offer to vaccinate their delegations. It is the collective responsibility of all the countries to support this initiative.”

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