Total facilities management services provider Emrill has announced a company-wide Covid-19 vaccination programme across all its UAE sites to protect employees and clients
The company has provided front line services from disinfection to sterilisation for communities throughout Dubai and Abu Dhabi since the pandemic began.
Emrill's head of HR, Renji Mathew, explained the vaccination programme's importance. “At the beginning of 2021, the UAE Government set the ambitious target of inoculating more than half of the country’s citizens and residents by the end of March 2021. Since then, over 2.6 million doses have been given to the public, putting the UAE on track to achieve its target. The government has urged community members who can safely be vaccinated to do so, offering the vaccine for free across the emirates by way of encouragement.
“It was important for Emrill to support the government’s initiative and do everything we can to ensure our front line employees can go to work safely, which is made possible by receiving the vaccination. In addition to protecting our employees, rolling out this vaccination campaign also gives us the opportunity to better protect our clients, their residents and visitors, and the wider community.”
Emrill's vaccination campaign was partnered with Medi Q Healthcare Group, a subsidiary of Tamouh Healthcare, and launched on January 24, 2021. Over the four-day programme, 84% of eligible Emrill employees received their first dose.
The programme was preceded by an awareness campaign to promote the vaccine's benefits and ensured employees made an informed decision, CEO Stuart Harrison explained, “We wanted to ensure our employees had access to the latest data and information to make the best decisions for themselves and their families. Every member of Emrill’s management team that can take the vaccine has done so, and we wanted to share our experience with the entire team, so they knew what to expect. We’re very grateful the UAE authorities have made the vaccine so widely available and have given us tremendous support throughout the pandemic.”
