In the letter, Dave Clark, the head of Amazon's worldwide consumer business, said Quote, We are prepared to leverage our operations, information technology and communications capabilities and expertise to assist your administration's vaccination efforts.

The offer comes as Biden tries to make good on a pledge to deliver 100 million doses of the vaccine in his 1st 100 days of office.

That effort has already been stymied as states like New York recently warned they now face the risk of running out of the vaccine.

At the same time, Thea Outbreak shows no sign of slowing Down Cove in 19 has infected more than 24 million people in the U.

S.

With the death toll exceeding 400,000.

Since the pandemic started a year ago, Amazon has had troubles of its own during the pandemic, with more than 800,000 employees in the U.

S, America's second largest corporate employer faced criticism from workers who complained the tech giant was not doing enough to safeguard their health.

More than 19,000 Amazon employees have contracted the virus.

As of September.

Amazon is planning its own employees vaccination plan in conjunction with a health care provider, the company also told the White House.