Amazon to help vaccinate thousands in its hometown
New pop-up clinic in Seattle is the latest in the company s multi-faceted pandemic response that has also included 1 million in-house COVID-19 tests for Amazon employees.
Beginning on January 24, Amazon will open its Seattle campus to host a pop-up clinic aimed at vaccinating the public against COVID-19. Jay Carney, Amazon Senior Vice President, Global Corporate Affairs, announced the effort in a news conference with Washington Gov. Jay Inslee. We re eager to help save lives here in our home state, to rebuild the economy with you, and to turn the page on COVID as quickly as we can, Carney told the governor. He also said we re committing one of our own executives to be on loan to your team, to your Vaccine Command Center, so that we can leverage our expertise through that executive in your efforts going forward.