{"id":4469,"date":"2021-04-14T12:11:50","date_gmt":"2021-04-14T12:11:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenewzbiz.com\/?p=4469"},"modified":"2021-04-14T12:11:50","modified_gmt":"2021-04-14T12:11:50","slug":"amazon-india-to-cover-covid-19-vaccine-cost-for-more-than-10-lakh-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thenewzbiz.com\/?p=4469","title":{"rendered":"Amazon India to cover COVID-19 vaccine cost for more than 10 lakh people"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Newz Biz Team, PUNE<\/strong><\/p>\n

As COVID-19 vaccines become available to individuals above 45 years of age in India, Amazon India is encouraging its employees, associates, sellers on Amazon.in and partners to get vaccinated at the earliest appropriate time to protect themselves, their families, and their communities. Amazon India will cover the COVID-19 vaccination cost for not only all its India employees and associates but will also cover the costs for operations partner network of Delivery Service Partner associates, including Amazon Flex drivers, I Have Space (IHS) store partners, trucking partners and also their eligible dependents. Amazon India announced that the benefit will also be available to all sellers, on Amazon.in<\/a>\u00a0with an active listing since last year.<\/p>\n

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The company has also set up comprehensive support mechanisms for employees and associates working with Amazon and hired through staffing agencies. Amazon India supports cost coverage for COVID-19 treatment, hospital search and coverage of prescribed COVID-19 tests. Initiatives have been scaled and evolved to address the prevailing situation.<\/p>\n

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Speaking about this development, Amit Agarwal, Senior Vice President & Country Manager, Amazon India, said,<\/b>\u00a0\u201cOver the last year, it has been humbling to see the way our teams, sellers and partners have responded to the challenging situation posed by COVID-19 across the country. We have seen so much innovation, and most importantly across teams we have seen a strong urge to serve the people of India and keep customers safe. Health and safety of our teams and partners continues to be our top priority. We are encouraging eligible individuals to get vaccinated, and will cover the cost of vaccination for\u00a0 our employees, associates, Operations partner network, sellers and their eligible dependents to ensure their continued safety.\u201d<\/p>\n

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These new benefits are on top of the $2.5 billion Amazon has invested in special bonuses and incentives for teams globally over the last year, and the $11.5 billion the company has invested in COVID-19-related measures overall. This investment has enabled the company to provide personal protective equipment (PPE) and extensive safety measures for employees and partners throughout the global network along with other financial support initiatives.<\/p>\n

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In 2020, Amazon had rolled out a number of measures to support SMBs in its ecosystem in India to navigate the economic challenges brought by the COVID-19 pandemic including a variety of fee waivers, relaxation of policies, and we worked with an insurance provider to facilitate COVID-19 health insurance coverage for eligible sellers on Amazon.in. The company had also enabled \u2018on demand disbursement\u2019 to enable sellers to get their disbursements daily.<\/p>\n

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