LT Group Inc., the listed holding company of tycoon Lucio said, is preparing to inoculate its employees as soon as its vaccine orders are available.
The company said that in a recent sign-up, nine of 10 employees agreed to be inoculated. The conglomerate has 50,000 employees and service providers across its businesses.
LT Group president Michael Tan said the group has firm vaccine orders for close to 40,000 employees and 14,000 third-party service providers of all firms belonging to the Lucio Tan Group of Companies.
Service providers include those that employees interact with on a daily basis like security guards and canteen concessionaires. Mechanics are also being drafted to allow employees to access vaccines for their families and households.
The vaccines are expected to arrive by the middle of the year.
“Vaccination is a crucial step towards the path to normalcy. Not only does it protect you from getting severely sick but also protects everyone around you – your family, friends, co-workers and customers – from catching the virus,” Tan said.
“Getting vaccinated is also the key to reopen our economy. While we may not immediately return to our old ways, it’s an important step to regain our freedom and the life we once had. I therefore enjoin everyone to get that jab,” he said.
Meanwhile, the company attributed the high vaccine acceptance to the aggressive information drive the group conducted since early February.
LT Group joined some of the country’s biggest conglomerates in November 2020 in signing firm orders for AstraZeneca vaccine through a tripartite agreement with the national government and business advocacy group Go Negosyo led by presidential adviser for entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion.