Following the staging of the largest private sector Vax Day to date, communications and entertainment provider, Flow remains committed to the health and safety of its team and its customers and will host a second event on Sunday, October 24, 2021 at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel.

The second Flow Vax Day comes as the Government ramps up its efforts to vaccinate at least 65% of the population by March 2022.

This time around, in addition to its partnership with the Courtleigh Hospitality Group, Digicel, the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) and the National Water Commission (NWC) will also join as the company continues its support of the national vaccination drive.  Employees, contractors and up to four dependents are invited to get vaccinated via the initiative.

The significance of the collaboration involving the essential service providers is not lost on Flow’s General Manager and Vice President, Stephen Price.  

“The collective health of our nation is our number one priority.  By ensuring that our team and their families are vaccinated, we are also protecting our customers, residential and business, with whom we interact daily,” said Price. “By extension, we are also protecting their interests – from enterprises and large corporates to government ministries and agencies to schools and small businesses, many are relying on our technology and services, and very importantly, a healthy and able workforce to sustain their operations,” he continued.

Noting the importance of vaccination to the country’s economic recovery, Price added, “Vaccination is the safest way to protect ourselves and our loved ones.  It is also the surest path to recovery and getting back to enjoying life as we knew it.  We will therefore continue to be vocal advocates and facilitate the process for our team and partners.”

Digicel Jamaica CEO, Jabbor Kayumov, said; “With the essential nature of the services we provide to our customers and our communities, now more important than ever – we take the safety of all of our employees and customers extremely seriously. The task here is to protect lives and livelihoods and the science demonstrates that getting vaccinated is the right move to safeguard our own health and to play our part in preventing the spread and the worst effects of the virus. With that, we’re delighted to be coming together with Flow, JPS and NWC on this important initiative to get more of our staff vaccinated so that we can all get back to doing the things we love with the people we love.”

The Flow Vax Day is about national wellbeing and collaborating for a greater purpose. The event is being staged in partnership with the Private Sector Vaccination Initiative (PSVI) led by the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica. The PSVI represents a public/private partnership with the objective of increasing vaccine uptake to meet the Government’s vaccination goal.

“We are proud to be collaborating with our utility partners on this vaccine initiative as together we work to get our country past this pandemic,” said JPS Senior VP, People Operations, Charmaine Heslop-DaCosta.

“As an essential service, we take very seriously our role in providing a safe place for our employees to work so they can continue to power Jamaica,” added Heslop DaCosta.

Similar to the first Vax Day where more than 1200 persons were vaccinated, the event will run from 10am – 6pm.   Under the guidance of the Ministry of Health and Wellness, first time jabs as well as second doses for those persons who received their first jab at the initial Vax Day will be administered.