Hours ago, Amazon offered to help the US President Joe Biden at national effort to distribute the Covid-19 vaccine, to reach the goal of vaccinating 100 million Americans in the first 100 days in office, according to according to CNBC report.
The letter comes as Amazon has been vying for its front-line workers to have priority access to the Covid-19 vaccine. Last month, Dave Clark the Amazon’s CEO wrote to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention panel asking that the company’s front-line employees receive the Covid-19 vaccine at the earliest appropriate time.
Clark also emphasized that Amazon’s front-line workers have played an essential role in helping consumers get necessary products delivered to their homes during the coronavirus pandemic.
“We have an agreement in place with a licensed third-party occupational health care provider to administer vaccines on-site at our the firm facilities'', Clark added. We are prepared to move quickly once vaccines are available. Additionally, we are prepared to leverage our operations, information technology and communications capabilities and expertise to assist your administration’s vaccination efforts.”
Amzons as the nation’s second largest employer, Amazon has over 800,000 employees in the United States, most of whom are essential workers who cannot work from home. Its employees have played to help customers stay safe and received important products and services at home, which is critical for people with underlying medical conditions and those susceptible to complications from Covid-19.
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