India Inc better prepared for Covid-19 third wave
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Officials at the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) say that with employees vaccinated, companies are more confident this time and are stepping into community vaccinations. Conglomerates are being urged to help ramp up vaccination camps to minimise health risks and lockdowns that will hurt the economy.
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To be sure, company executives would want no spike in infections at least until September, which is the expected timeline for vaccine supplies to ease.
India Inc is better prepared to protect businesses and their employees if an expected third Covid wave were to strike, industry captains said, pointing to the multiple de-risking initiatives deployed after the first two viral episodes that took heavy tolls on livelihoods and lives, respectively.
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