Uber is supporting restaurants impacted by coronavirus by driving demand to small businesses with $0 delivery fees for orders from independent restaurants. Uber announced that it would be offering 10 million free rides and food deliveries to those in need during the COVID-19 outbreak. This includes 300,000 meals for healthcare workers and first responders.
Uber Health is helping provide transportation for front-line health care workers, both to and from patients’ homes, as well as between healthcare facilities. In the US, Uber is partnering with 1199SEIU, one of the country’s largest healthcare unions, to make sure their members can get to work.
All relief loads transporting critical goods booked on the shipper platform in the US will be hauled with zero profit pricing by Uber Freight, while the current FMCSA hours-of-service suspension is in place.
Uber is partnering with school districts to offer a discount or trips taken to or from the school lunch pick up locations to ensure students can continue to access free meals (riders under 18 must be accompanied by an adult).
Any driver or delivery person who is diagnosed with COVID 19, or is individually asked to self-isolate by a public health authority due to a risk of spreading the virus, can be eligible for up to 14 days of financial assistance while their account is on hold.