Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) will inaugurate a pop-up clinic on January 24, 2021, in Seattle Headquarters in alliance with VMFS (Virginia Mason Franciscan Health). The company plans to vaccinate 2,000 eligible general public on the first day to fight against coronavirus. Jay Carney, Senior Vice President of Global Corporate Affairs, said its executive will get in touch with the vaccine command center of the Washington State.
It is on the backdrop of Amazon sent a letter to Joe Biden, the US President, expressing its intention to take part in the covid-19 vaccination efforts.
Vaccination for people aged 65 years
People aged 50 and above living in multi-generational households and those aged 65 are allowed to get a vaccination in the state.
Amazon aims to vaccinate 2,000 eligible members of the public against Covid-19 on the first day
Reuters
January 25, 2021
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Amazon said on Thursday it will open a pop-up clinic in its Seattle headquarters on January 24 with an aim to vaccinate 2,000 eligible members of the public against Covid-19 on the first day.
Amazon Senior Vice President of Global Corporate Affairs Jay Carney, who announced the plan in a news conference with Washington Governor Jay Inslee, said a company executive will be working with Washington State’s Vaccine Command Center.
The clinic will be hosted in partnership with Virginia Mason Franciscan Health.
Amazon to host pop-up vaccination clinic in Seattle HQ PUBLISHED BY
help vaccinate 2,000 eligible members of the public against COVID-19.
The announcement was made by
Amazon Senior Vice President of Global Corporate Affairs Jay Carney at a news conference in the presence of
Washington Governor Jay Inslee.
The vaccination drive will be held with the help of the Washington State’s
Vaccine Command Center and in partnership with V
irginia Mason Franciscan Health.
The Amazon World Headquarters Campus Spheres.
In the US, people aged 65 and older and people 50 and older living in a multi-generational household are getting priority in vaccination.