Amazon Wants To Help Biden Reach His COVID Vaccine Goal, But There’s A Catch
01/21/21 AT 8:36 AM
Amazon (AMZN) is ready to step in and help President Joe Biden with his plan to vaccinate 100 million Americans in his first 100 days of office, but the e-commerce giant has its own agenda in mind.
In a letter penned by Dave Clark, CEO of Worldwide Consumer, Amazon congratulated Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on their inauguration but also made it clear that the company is ready to assist by putting its 800,000 workers next in line to receive the COVID vaccine.
Clark stressed how Amazon employees are essential workers that cannot work from home and play a critical role in providing “important products and services that are critical for people with underlying medical conditions and those susceptible to complications from COVID-19.”
Oxygen-starved city in Brazil’s Amazon starts immunization against Covid-19
A nurse shows a tube of the Sinovac Biotech s CoronaVac
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Amazonas state Gov. Wilson Lima led a ceremony that kicked off the vaccination campaign Monday night in Manaus
Vanda Ortega, 33, a member of the Witoto ethnicity and a nurse technician, received the first dose of CoronaVac
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The Amazonian city of Manaus in Brazil began administering vaccines against the coronavirus, providing a ray of hope for the rainforest’s biggest city whose health system is collapsing amid an increase in infections and dwindling oxygen supplies.