Staff from PNG FM Ltd, the parent company of Yumi FM, Nau FM and Legend FM, were among members of all other media houses in Port Moresby that rolled up their sleeves and received their first dose of the AstraZeneca Vaccine yesterday (22/05/21) at the National Football Stadium (NFS).
The vaccination for media houses was in line with the efforts to minimise the transmission of the coronavirus for frontline workers because media personnel also interact with a lot of people daily.
Although the vaccination is not mandatory, a good number of staff members decided to put safety first and received the first jab.
As of yesterday, a total of 31 out of 81 staff from PNG FM have received their first shot so far, including Legend FM morning host Frankie, who said her choice to get vaccinated was to keep those she interacts with including her family, safe from COVID-19.
“Its good media houses are getting vaccinated with the front- liners because we put ourselves at risk getting news and making sure that the public is being informed about what’s happening around the country. So, it’s a good initiative by the government to have media houses get vaccinated,” she said.
Meanwhile according to the National Control Centre, the vaccines received, were part of the 8600 batch that Australian Government donated and all that vaccine finished yesterday 22-5-2021 on the media houses.
