Wipro expects to access about one lakh doses of COVID vaccine for employees

New Delhi: IT major Wipro on Wednesday said it expects to have access to about one lakh doses of COVID-19 vaccines for its employees and their families, beginning early June. The Bengaluru-based company said it has partnered with top-tier hospitals and a tech-enabled online-to-offline delivery platform – which specialises in primary care and urgent response services – to provide COVID-19 vaccination support to its India-based employees.

“As part of this partnership, beginning early June, subject to availability, Wipro expects to have access to a total of 1,00,000 doses of three vaccines – Covishield, Covaxin and Sputnik V — as the first tranche for the exclusive use of our employees and their dependents (spouse and children),” Wipro said in a statement.

The objective is to ensure vaccination for all its employees at the earliest, it added.