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原文传递 New Orleans Port Ministry Helps Connect International Seafarers To COVID Shots

题名：	New Orleans Port Ministry Helps Connect International Seafarers To COVID Shots
正文语种：	eng
作者：	FRANK MCCORMACK
摘要：	In the United States for the past month or more, the supply of COVID vaccines has far outpaced demand. The oversupply has grown to the point that individual states have turned down vaccine shipments and the U.S. government has announced plans for shipping doses overseas. But in many cases, vaccines remain somewhat hard to come by for one crucial group of people: the seafarers who work on foreign-flagged ships that call on the nation's seaports. Crew members are often caught in a difficult position. In some cases, their visa status may not allow them to leave their vessel or the jurisdiction of the port where it's docked. In others, ship protocol may prohibit un-vaccinated crew members from leaving the vessel, for fear of contracting COV-ID-19 while on shore leave. Since the beginning of May, port ministries serving seafarers on the Lower Mississippi River in Louisiana, led by chaplains with Global Maritime Ministries, have been working tirelessly to change that.
出版年：	2021
期刊名称：	The Waterways Jouranl
卷：	135
期：	13