Maritime Authority gives all seafarers access to covid jabs

Access to Covid-19 vaccine) will be provided by the Panama Maritime Authority (AMP) to both local seafarers as well as any nationality, who are on board ships belonging to the Registry of Ships of Panama and those registered with other flags that arrive at ports in the country. 

“To make this mass vaccination of 1st, 2nd, and 3rd doses possible, the AMP is working hand in hand with the Ministry of Health. We urge the different shipping agencies to contact us in order to carry out the coordination to be able to support seafarers who wish to be vaccinated, immunizing them is essential in the global fight against Covid-19 “.

On Thursday, vaccines were applied in Flamenco Marina and the port of Bahía Las Minas and in the port of Cristóbal (located in the province of Colón) managing to vaccinate more than 130 seafarers of which around 100 received their booster dose and the rest their first doses. The entity called on more governments to act urgently as Panama is doing, in addition, with this action we comply with the guidelines of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) by protecting and helping our key workers as in the ports of the world, the vaccination card or passport is being requested to carry out crew changes It is important to highlight that we are the pioneers in the region by opening vaccination to seafarers regardless of their nationality and the flag of their Registry.