translated from Spanish: Truckers reiterate request to be vaccinated against Covid-19

The Chilean National Confederation of Truck Owners (CNDC) stated that cargo transport is an “essential activity for the whole country because of its status as the axis of the logistics chain”, so they reiterated the call to be considered within the priority groups for vaccination against the CNDC Covid-19.La ensured that “road transport mobilizes 95% of the goods and products. This work is done by 200,000 steering wheel workers and owners of their own vehicle.” These people are more exposed to contracting the virus because of the nature of its functions. We hope we are not discriminated against,” they complemented. They also recalled that “our guild asked the Minister of Transport and Telecommunications several weeks ago for an application to include drivers in the priority sars Covis-2 vaccination group. Under no circumstances has it been requested to include all workers who perform other functions in the companies.” They also stressed that “a valuable precedent is the 2020 influenza vaccination process, coordinated between the ministries of Transport and Health in conjunction with transport organizations.” Such an effort was nationally successful, and thousands of drivers who were left with their biological and immune systems strengthened when the pandemic began,” they added. Finally, the CNDC stated that “it would be a serious mistake not to take into account the request made through the indicated channels, and to postpone or not consider drivers of cargo vehicles in the prioritized groups. We hope that doesn’t happen.”

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