Swiggy begins vaccination drive for delivery partners

NEW DELHI: Online food delivery platform Swiggy on Thursday said it has begun vaccination drive for its delivery partners and staff working at its grocery delivery service Instamart as well as those employed in its private kitchens, starting with Bengaluru.

Few thousand delivery partners across age groups have already received the first dose of the vaccination. With drives planned across all major cities, Swiggy aims to cover all delivery partners and frontline staff in the next few weeks, the company said in a statement. This will be subject to continued availability of vaccines across cities.