Uber and Deliveroo discounts to lure young people in UK to get Covid jab

Companies will offer credit and price reductions in government push to boost vaccination ratesCheap taxi rides and discounts from the biggest takeaway companies are to be deployed by the government in a desperate effort to boost Covid vaccination rates among the young, amid growing legal and political pressure on Boris Johnson over the use of vaccine passports.With figures inside the cabinet concerned about the plans already in place to enforce vaccine passports in some settings, the government ’s focus has turned to using incentives to drive up vaccination rates over the summer to head off another Covid wave as offices, schools and universities reopen.Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - Category: Science Authors: Tags: Coronavirus Deliveroo Uber Universities Education Infectious diseases UK news Boris Johnson Vaccines and immunisation Health Politics Science Society Business Young people Source Type: news