COVID-19 response Access to vaccines Access to vaccines for drivers and delivery people: easy as booking a ride with Uber. With just the tap of In the days following approval for the first vaccines, a button, platform users can reserve a vaccination we encouraged policymakers to ensure that the appointment as well as a ride there, all through the drivers and delivery people who use Uber could get Uber app. access to vaccines quickly, easily, and for free. In the Vaccine Access Fund: In addition to our global 10 US, we wrote to the Centers for Disease Control and million rides offer, we have teamed up with PayPal Prevention (CDC) and to governors in all 50 states. and Walgreens to create the Vaccine Access Fund 10 million free or discounted rides: At the end in the United States, which, with help from the Local of 2020, we offered to provide 10 million free or Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC), allows us all discounted rides to healthcare workers, seniors, and to fund even more rides to communities in need. people around the world for whom transportation We also launched an in-app feature that allows access to vaccination centers may be a barrier. users to donate to the fund. In the US, we launched this initiative in partnership White House: Uber worked with the White House with the National Urban League, Morehouse to make it as easy as possible for all Americans to School of Medicine, and National Action Network, get vaccinated. We built a new easy-to-use in-app organizations with deep ties to communities of experience, integrating vaccines.gov data directly color that have been disproportionately impacted into the Uber app, where users can find nearby by the pandemic. Internationally, major partners available vaccination appointments from tens of include the International Federation of Red Cross thousands of local providers. Users can also get and Red Crescent Societies, UNESCO, and the Bill information about supply and manufacturers at and Melinda Gates Foundation. each location. We offered free rides (up to $25 each) In-app vaccine booking: We partnered with for every leg of the trip to help people get to and Walgreens in the US to make getting a vaccine as from both shots. 2021 ESG Report 25