Chennai: Udaan, a business-to-business (b2b) e-Commerce platform, has shared the details of the Covid safety essentials sold on the platform during the second wave of the pandemic.
Nearly 15 million essentials catering to over 23,000 orders from over 400 sellers across 5,000 pin codes were sold on the platform, it said.
The platform said it witnessed a 5X surge in the demand for items like protective masks, face shields and PPE suits.
As India grappled with the second wave of Covid-19, Udaan said it supported retailers with regular and uninterrupted supply of covid safety essentials across the country.
The second wave saw a huge demand of over 11 million protective masks, making it the largest item sold on the platform. During the period, the platform also shipped 1,00,000 plus face shields, oximeters, PPE suits and kits, infrared thermometers, and oxygen concentrators among other essential items across over 750 cities / towns.