UN tells governments to recognise seafarers and aircrew as “key workers”

Covid travel restrictions bar more than 1 million seafarers from disembarking at ports around the globe

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To support the global economic recovery from the ongoing impact of the covid-19 crisis, governments should designate seafarers and aircrew as key workers and give them priority access to coronaviru