世界卫生组织联合相关组织发布声明，呼吁各国将海员和机组人员列为关键工作人员，在新冠疫苗接种计划中对其优先接种1。这一举措旨在解决全球运输部门面临的严重人员短缺问题。截至2021年1月，约40万名海员被困在商业船只上且已超过合同期限无法遣返，同时还有相同数量的海员急需上船替补1。
声明指出，海运和航空运输对全球经济至关重要1。2019年全球海运贸易量占全球贸易总额80%以上，全球200万海员操作着商船队1；同年客运飞行运输承载约57亿乘客，而持证航空专业人员总数为887000人，包括飞行员、空中交通管制员和持证维护技术人员1。两个行业的正常运营对全球贸易恢复和经济复苏至关重要。
此外，世卫组织建议各国目前不应将疫苗接种证明作为国际旅行入境条件，理由是疫苗在降低传播中的效果仍存在关键不确定性，且疫苗可获性有限1。为应对相关挑战，世卫组织于2020年12月建立了智能疫苗证书工作小组，以确保疫苗证书的数字化版本具有互操作性1。
The World Health Organization and related organizations have issued a joint statement urging countries to designate seafarers and aircrew as essential workers and prioritize them for COVID-19 vaccination.1 The statement emphasizes the critical role these workers play in maintaining global trade and economic recovery amid the pandemic.
As of January 2021, approximately 400,000 seafarers were stranded aboard commercial vessels, unable to return home after exceeding their contract periods, while an equal number of seafarers were waiting to replace them.1 Maritime shipping accounted for over 80 percent of global trade in 2019, with around 2 million seafarers operating the world's merchant fleet.1 The aviation sector employed 887,000 certified aviation professionals in 2019, including pilots, air traffic controllers, and certified maintenance technicians.1 In that same year, passenger air transport carried approximately 5.7 billion passengers globally.1 The joint statement stresses that facilitating cross-border movement of these workers is essential to maintain continuous transport operations.
The WHO has advised against countries currently requiring proof of vaccination as a condition of entry for international travel, noting that vaccines' effectiveness in reducing transmission remains subject to key uncertainties and vaccine availability is limited.1 The organization established a Smart Vaccine Certificate working group in December 2020 to ensure digital versions of vaccine certificates are interoperable.1
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