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While more people begin to adopt work-from-home or self-quarantine practices in view of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, food delivery apps Swiggy and Zomato have taken steps to introduce “contactless” food delivery for the safety of its delivery staff and customers.
Zomato founder Deepinder Goyal explained how the process works in a series of tweets.
The Zomato app will soon feature an update where customers can choose the kind of delivery they want. At the moment, this can be updated manually in the “delivery instructions” section of the app once an online order is place.
Goyal went on to add: “Delivery partners are being sent various advisories on COVID-19 released by the Ministry of Health & Family Affairs to keep them updated on the situation. We are especially emphasizing best practices of how to handle food packages to ensure safe and hygienic delivery. We have asked our delivery partners to self quarantine or reach out to a doctor immediately if they have any symptoms.”
Swiggy too has a similar section where customers can instruct delivery personnel to drop orders outside the door. It sent out a newsletter to users a couple of days ago with the measures it is undertaking to ensure hygiene in view of the coronavirus pandemic.
Swiggy’s statement:
Put together, Zomato and Swiggy deliver about 2.6 million orders every day. With work-from-home and self-quarantine now taking place among several users, this number could increase and hence these precautions are being taken.
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