New Delhi: Telecom firm Airtel is extending the free vaccination programme to nearly 80,000 employees of over 15,000 partners and distributors to prioritise inoculation of frontline staff such as store and field service executives amid the severe second wave of the pandemic. Airtel has partnered with Apollo Hospitals to vaccinate its employees and their dependent family members. The programme is already underway, with camps being set up in 35 cities across India. The telco is bearing the cost of the vaccination drive.Airtel Circle CEOs have now written to partners, informing them that it is "extending this free vaccination initiative to your frontline staff such as customer relations executives and field sales executives".Sources said the free vaccination drive would cover nearly 80,000 employees of over 15,000 partners and distributors. "We have always gone the extra mile to care for our partners, who are an integral part of the Airtel family.

Source: Economic Times May 31, 2021 07:27 UTC