Chennai: More than 37,000 drivers have received at least one Covid vaccine shot as part of Uber’s Rs 18.5 crore initiative to help India get moving again.
It has introduced a simple and fast way for car, auto and moto drivers to upload government-issued vaccination certificates within the app. It uses a mix of technology and human verification to confirm the authenticity of the uploaded certificates before giving drivers Rs 400 for each of the two shots to compensate them for time spent getting vaccinated.
Over the past few weeks, Uber said, it has continued to invest in driver education using in-app messages, educational videos and virtual meetings with medical experts to remove vaccine hesitancy, bust common myths and spread awareness on vaccination benefits.
