{"id":20333,"date":"2021-03-24T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-24T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/Life-Insurance-Blog\/manulife-moves-to-promote-covid-19-vaccination\/"},"modified":"2021-03-24T08:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-03-24T12:00:00","slug":"manulife-moves-to-promote-covid-19-vaccination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/2021\/03\/24\/manulife-moves-to-promote-covid-19-vaccination\/","title":{"rendered":"Manulife moves to promote COVID-19 vaccination"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-res.keymedia.com\/cms\/images\/ca\/110\/0379_637521589573641977.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>While <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifehealthpro.ca\/news\/more-than-half-of-canadians-want-covid19-vaccination-asap-336966.aspx\">the number of Canadians eager to get their COVID-19 vaccine has been rising<\/a>, many remain are still hesitant to do so. With that in mind, Manulife is taking steps to encourage more people to get protected against the novel coronavirus.<\/p>\n<p>Starting this spring, group benefit and individual insurance customers who are enrolled under the Manulife Vitality program will have the option to share proof that they received their COVID-19 vaccination. In exchange, they will be awarded 400 Vitality Points, which will count toward their progress in achieving new status levels and unlocking different rewards within the program.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe pandemic has had a significant impact on people&#8217;s health and mental wellbeing,\u201d said Manulife Canada President and CEO Mike Doughty. \u201cWe have been standing with our customers in helping them navigate this challenging time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A behaviour-focused program, Manulife Vitality encourages Canadians to get healthier through the use of rewards. Users who engage in simple activities like eating well and exercising are given Vitality Points; the more engaged a user is, the more points they earn and the more rewards they stand to get.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from giving out points under the new COVID-19 vaccine acceptance initiative, Manulife Vitality will be sending prompts and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifehealthpro.ca\/news\/clhia-issues-statement-refuting-covid19-vaccine-rumours-353758.aspx\">informative communications about the vaccine<\/a> to program members, fostering a shared understanding of its importance in an effort to promote and protect health during the pandemic and beyond.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRewarding positive actions such as supporting the COVID-19 vaccine is one more way we&#8217;re showing up to support the health of individuals, their families and communities across Canada,\u201d Doughty said.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifehealthpro.ca\/news\/manulife-moves-to-promote-covid19-vaccination-354235.aspx\">Read the original article at https:\/\/www.lifehealthpro.ca\/rss\/ <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While the number of Canadians eager to get their COVID-19 vaccine has been rising, many remain are still hesitant to do so. With that in mind, Manulife is taking steps to encourage more people&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":578,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20333"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/578"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20333"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20333\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}