Panaji: AAP Goa leader Capt Venzy Viegas on Sunday welcomed the government’s announcement to prioritise vaccines for seafarers stating that it is better late than never. Capt Viegas had on May 27 filed a PIL before the Bombay High Court in Goa requesting seafarers to be treated as frontline workers in Goa as it is being done in other parts of the country notably Kerala.
He had also been making this demand through other channels and had visited the Chief Minister’s residence a day before filing the PIL with a delegation.
“I welcome the decision of the government to prioritise vaccines for seafarers. It’s better late than never. The government should not have waited for me to move the High Court to prioritise vaccines for us.’’ said Capt Viegas. “The Aam Aadmi Party has always been fighting for the welfare of the citizens of this country and shall continue to do so’’ he added.
“A special word of appreciation for my lawyers Ryan Menezes and A Clovis da Costa for filing the petition for safeguarding the rights of the seafarers,’’ he added.
He further added that the Kerala government had reduced the wait period for seafarers between injections and urged the government to do the same. Further, he requested the government to permit beneficiaries going abroad to take Covishield as per the previous schedule of 4–6 weeks and to make provisions in the CoWIN portal to document such vaccination given at 4 -6 weeks.
He urged the government to come with a clear SOP for seafarers and to have seafarers’ passport number included on the vaccination certificate, adding they are willing to be volunteers at the MPT/ vaccination center to help the team.
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