Several delivery workers have also decided to stay back home after pressure from their families and due to fear of being manhandled As India enters shutdown mode to contain the spread of COVID-19, online medicine delivery firms such as 1MG, NetMeds and MedLife have temporarily suspended operations in many cities, after the police roughed up delivery workers, even after e-commerce were classified as an essential service.
Several delivery workers have also decided to stay back home after pressure from their families and due to fear of being manhandled by the authorities and police, industry executives and founders told Mint.