Over 10,000 Sands China Team Members Have Gotten/Registered for COVID-19 Vaccine
Company once again invites
Health Bureau to co-organise group vaccination sessions for team
members
Working together to help Macao achieve herd immunity
(Macao, July 8, 2021) – In order to encourage
team members and their families to get vaccinated
against COVID-19, Sands China Ltd. once again invited
the Health Bureau to co-organise group vaccination
sessions for the convenience of team members and
their families. With a goal of helping Macao achieve
herd immunity as quickly as possible, Sands China held
its second round of group vaccination sessions July 5-8
at The Venetian® Macao. To date, a total of 10,070 team
members have either gotten vaccinated or have registered
to get vaccinated; more than half have done so via the
company
sessions.
Among them is
Sands China Ltd. President Dr. Wilfred Wong, who
received his vaccination shot Monday, and said: "We each
have a responsibility to support efforts to achieve herd
immunity via community-wide vaccination, and I’m very
proud that Sands China is doing its part to help make
that happen. Our thanks go to the Macao SAR government
for their continued leadership during the pandemic –
where Macao has recorded no new local COVID-19 cases for
more than 460 days – and to the Health Bureau for their
collaboration again on our seminars and vaccination
sessions."
The company
also invited Dr. Tai Wai Hou, clinical director of the
public Conde S. Januário Hospital Centre, to return to
The Venetian Macao June 30 to conduct a second seminar
for team members, after a successful first seminar in
May. The two seminars, titled COVID-19 Vaccine: Path
to End the Pandemic, attracted more than 600
participants, who learned about vaccination safety and
how to make informed decisions about the available
COVID-19 vaccines. A video clip from the seminar is
being shown on screens throughout properties'
back-of-house team member areas, so that those who were
unable to attend in person can conveniently access the
information.
And as a token
of gratitude, team members who get at least one vaccine
dose by the end of July are eligible to enter a lucky
draw for a chance to win prizes, and can also enjoy a
complimentary one-night hotel stay at one of Sands
China's properties this summer.
Company
departments are actively encouraging team members to get
vaccinated voluntarily. Besides the two seminars and the
vaccination sessions, Sands China's vaccination efforts
include hosting more than 50 roadshows, showing
promotional clips produced by the Health Bureau and by
the company, and displaying promotional posters at its
properties' back-of-house team member areas. QR codes
are also provided to make it easy for team members to
register for vaccinations in
Macao.
Sands China
Ltd. continues to work proactively with the Health
Bureau to encourage and facilitate its team members and
their families to get vaccinated against COVID-19 to
help Macao build an immune barrier, so that members of
the public and people from all sectors of society can
resume normal lives as soon as possible.
Photo caption: Sands China Ltd. President Dr. Wilfred
Wong receives his COVID-19 vaccination shot Monday at The
Venetian Macao during a group vaccination session for team
members and their families. The convenient team member
vaccination sessions have a goal of helping Macao achieve herd
immunity as quickly as possible.
Photo caption: Sands China holds its second COVID-19
information seminar with the Health Bureau June 30. The seminar
titled COVID-19 Vaccine: Path to End the Pandemic – conducted by
Dr. Tai Wai Hou, clinical director of the public Conde S.
Januário Hospital Centre – allowed team members to make informed
decisions and helped allay any vaccination safety-related
concerns.