Hong Kong Calls on Banks to Push Staff to Get Vaccinated
- HKMA asks banks to draw up list of staff to receive vaccine
- List should include staff in wealth management, branches
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Hong Kong urged all banks to “strongly encourage” staff in client-facing roles or support functions to get vaccinated as the city struggles with local resistance to its free rollout.
Banks should “identify and draw up a list of designated staff expected to receive inoculation,” Hong Kong Monetary Authority Deputy Chief Executive Arthur Yuen said in a circular to financial institutions on Tuesday. Banks are required to submit the list of designated staff within two weeks.