Russian gold mining company PJSC Polyus
has launched a COVID-19 vaccination
program for its production assets. The
company aims to make the vaccine available
to all employees as well as contractors.
Vaccinations will take place at firstaid
posts at the Olimpiada, Blagodatnoye
and Verninskoye mines. Miners working at
the Kuranakh, Alluvial and Natalka mines
will be vaccinated at local medical centers.
The first delivery of 1,100 vaccine
doses arrived at Olimpiada and Blagodatnoye
on February 5. More batches will be
delivered as required.
Polyus is the fourth-largest gold mining
company by production volume. Its
principal operations are located in Siberia
and the Russian Far East: Krasnoyarsk,
Irkutsk and Magadan regions and the Republic
of Sakha (Yakutia).
As featured in Womp 2021 Vol 03 - www.womp-int.com