Bengaluru: Several corporate companies have now started massive vaccination drives on their campuses and aim to get their employees fully vaccinated by November 2021. Silicon city of India has several multinational companies that have a combined workforce of more than 40 lakhs. Several companies in Bengaluru will organise vaccination drives this month for their employees.
Due to the 'WFH' many working professionals have relocated to hometowns, which makes it difficult to come to campus for vaccination. So companies are offering reimbursement for the jab cost if bills are produced. Workspaces are temporarily transformed into vaccination booths for employees to take a jab. Companies have tied up with either hospitals or local governing bodies to organise vaccination camps.
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It is not just the employees who get a jab even family members can participate in the drive. The vaccination drive kicked off in mid-May and most of the companies have planned to get the first dose by July end. Ramesh Ramadurai, Chairman, CII Karnataka & Managing Director, 3M India Limited said that India has experienced a devastating second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. Although the daily cases of Covid-19 in India are reducing, the risk of multiple mutating variants is ever-present.
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He further added, vaccination is our best defense in fighting the pandemic and advancing towards herd immunity. To this end, CII members are planning to conduct vaccine drives for their employees. At 3M India, we have already undertaken vaccine drives at our plants and offices for the health and safety of our employees and their families. As most of the companies are offering Covishield vaccine which has a gap of 12 weeks which should make most of the employees fully vaccinated by November.
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