Louisville's largest employer plans to add hundreds more jobs in coming years as it grows its business handling the shipping of sensitive healthcare material like COVID-19 vaccines and drugs used in clinical trials.
But the uptick in volume at UPS didn't just start in December.
The kits will be followed by the vaccine itself when the Food and Drug Administration grants emergency use authority.
In September, UPS announced it would hire 3,600 people in Louisville as part of its annual holiday season hiring surge.
UPS says it gained enough personal protective equipment to protect its workers, while also making the donation.
The plane also will deliver 280,000 pairs of protective gloves and 11,000 protective suits.
