Apple employees could soon get a COVID-19 vaccine at thetech giant's offices.- Apple is working with Walgreens Boots Alliance to help employees get the shot, according to Reuters.
- Some other companies, like Cisco and Amazon, are offering on-site vaccinations to employees.
Apple employees may soon not need to travel very far to get the COVID-19 vaccination.
According to $4, Apple is working with Walgreens Boots Alliance to give employees the COVID-19 shot at their workplaces. A website is being set up for employees to make a vaccine appointment. The shot is voluntary for Apple workers, per Reuters.
$4 previously reported that the tech giant offers paid time off for employees' vaccine appointments as well as paid sick leave. Other companies like $4 also offer its employees paid time off so that workers would be able to get the COVID-19 shot.
Apple and Walgreens Boots Alliance didn't immediately respond to Insider for comment.
Apple is one of a number of companies making it easier for its workers to get the shot. Last month, $4 had set up on-site vaccination centers for warehouse workers in Missouri, Nevada, and Kansas.
According to $4, Cisco is already giving voluntary vaccinations at the company. A spokesperson for Intel told Silicon Valley Business Journal that it will soon be rolling out a similar program for its workers and members of their household in its Santa Clara and Arizona offices.
Outside of the tech industry, automaker company $4 and United Auto Workers has also set up on-site vaccination programs to employees in Southeast Michigan; Lima, Ohio; and Kansas City, Missouri, making it easier for some employees to get vaccinated.
"It has been a stressful experience finding a COVID-19 vaccine appointment in the area," a quality inspector at Michigan Assembly Plant said in a $4. "Now that stress has been lifted with Ford offering on-site appointments for its employees. I can't wait to get my first shot."
The US has already administered over 200 million vaccines, reaching $4 for his first 100 days in office.