Amazon.com Inc. is pausing plans for its annual sale Prime Day in Canada and India because of worries approximately Covid-19, the corporation showed on Thursday. The pause won’t have an effect on Prime Day withinside the U.S., which is scheduled for an undisclosed day in June, in step with an electronic mail reviewed through Bloomberg.

“Based at the growing effect of Covid-19 in Canada, and the significance we region on shielding the fitness and protection of our personnel and customers, we can pause plans for Prime Day 2021 in Canada,” stated the electronic mail, despatched to Amazon dealers Thursday. The Seattle-primarily based totally corporation, in an electronic mail, showed Prime Day might additionally be postponed in India, which turned into pronounced in advance through CNBC.

Covid-19 instances have risen in Canada in latest months amid a slower-than-anticipated rollout of vaccinations. Less than 3% of the populace is absolutely vaccinated, in step with the Bloomberg Vaccine Tracker, and Ontario, the most important province, has been below an emergency stay-at-domestic order for weeks. India, that is struggling extreme shortages of scientific equipment, on Thursday pronounced 412,262 new virus instances and 3,980 deaths, each each day records.

Amazon needed to delay its annual sale global closing yr because of the pandemic. The occasion is a manner to drum up income all through the summertime season and appeal to and hold new Prime subscribers, who pay month-to-month or annual charges for transport reductions and different offerings like video streaming.