NEW DELHI : The country's ongoing covid-19 wave is impacting frontline workers in the essential goods sector including delivery executives, distributors, traders, and retailers that may affect supplies which companies have so far managed to maintain.Companies across fast-moving consumer goods makers, online grocers and business-to-business startups Mint spoke to said 5-15% of frontline staff could be affected by the virus.
This, said companies, is creating a manpower challenge unlike last year.“The exposure of our frontline sales staff is high, as they move across multiple locations through the day.