Coronavirus Vaccines Will Get GPS Tracking and Flight Priority, UPS, FedEx Say - NBC New York
Location tracking and priority flights are among the special treatments FedEx and United Parcel Service are planning to give coronavirus vaccines, executives said Thursday.
The shipping giants told a Senate transportation subcommittee that the vaccines will receive priority over any other items, even as the busiest holiday shipping season on record nears its peak. FedEx Express Executive Vice President Richard Smith said the company is calling it the "shipathon."
Smith and Wes Wheeler, president of UPS Global Healthcare, expressed confidence in their companies' abilities to get the vaccines to administration centers around the U.S., outlining how they intend to divide up the work.
Location tracking and priority flights are among the special treatments FedEx and United Parcel Service are planning to give coronavirus vaccines, executives said Thursday.
The shipping giants told a Senate transportation subcommittee that the vaccines will receive priority over any other items, even as the busiest holiday shipping season on record nears its peak. FedEx Express Executive Vice President Richard Smith said the company is calling it the "shipathon."
Smith and Wes Wheeler, president of UPS Global Healthcare, expressed confidence in their companies' abilities to get the vaccines to administration centers around the U.S., outlining how they intend to divide up the work.
