Amazon’s B2B marketplace launches covid-19 store for frontline organisations

BENGALURU: Amazon’s B2B marketplace–Amazon Business–has launched a store for healthcare and governments, allowing bulk buying of critical medical supplies such as N95 masks, surgical masks, sanitizers and personal protective equipment (PPE) kits.

Using the store, frontline organisations such as nursing homes, hospitals, healthcare NGOs, government agencies and other businesses can purchase covid-related items in bulk with GST invoices, the e-commerce firm said.

“The ‘COVID-19 Supplies Store’ is our effort towards providing institutional buyers with a one-stop shop for all their needs around safety and sanitisation products..In these unprecedented times, Amazon remains committed to serve the nation by providing instant access and delivering products safely to customers across the country,” said Manish Tiwary, vice-president, category management, Amazon India in a statement.