COVID-19: Amazon to deliver essential items in containment zones in Mumbai

Mumbai: E-commerce firm Amazon India on Thursday said it has collaborated with civic body Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to deliver essential items to residents in containment zones in Mumbai. With over 10,000 COVID-19 cases and more than 400 deaths, Mumbai, declared as a hotspot zone, has reported the highest number of cases in the country.

Under the initiative, Amazon will deliver orders to a designated delivery point in the vicinity of the containment zone, from where volunteers will further deliver the packages to customers’ doorstep, the company said in a statement.

There are 2,473 containment zones in the city.