Grab, the Southeast Asia-based ride-hailing company, is collaborating with the government to conduct drive-thru vaccination services in Indonesia, according to Bloomberg. The program started Sunday (Feb. 28) on the island of Bali.
It’s also the first one to be done in Southeast Asia, said Grab Indonesia President Ridzki Kramadibrata in a press conference, Bloomberg reported.
In Indonesia, it’s mandatory for citizens to get a single shot, with the country rolling out an aggressive method of mass-inoculation as it struggles against a massive COVID-19 outbreak, according to the report.
The country plans to vaccinate 70 million people by August. That amounts to around a third of the country’s total target of 181.5 million for the public campaign, Bloomberg reported.
The government will be distributing shots from Moderna as well as Sinopharm, through PT Bio Pharma and PT Kimia Pharma, according to the report. The Grab vaccine center will distribute 840 shots a day and aim for a total of 5,000 vaccinations in a week.
The first center plans to vaccinate around 2,500 drivers for the transportation sector, which includes Grab drivers as well as delivery partners, and 2,500 public sector workers in tourism in Bali, Bloomberg reported.
In addition, Kramadibrata said there would be more stations set up eventually, per the report.
In separate news, PYMNTS reported on the partnership between PayPal and Uber in order to give free or discounted trips to vaccination sites. This is being done to make sure transportation isn’t the reason that many people can’t get to a vaccine site.
PayPal President and CEO Dan Schulman said the idea is to help people get more access to vaccines after Uber promised in December to give as many as 10 million free or discounted rides to make sure people wouldn’t be stopped from getting vaccinated.
PayPal plans to contribute $5 million or more to fund more rides.
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