Essential apps that can come handy during 6-day lockdown in Delhi

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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on April 19 announced a six-day lockdown due to the rapid surge in Covid-19 cases. He said the Capital’s healthcare infrastructure was on the brink of collapse and less than 100 ICU beds were available at the moment.

The lockdown, that began from 10 PM on April 19, will continue until 5 AM on April 26. Only essential services will be allowed during this period. But looking at the current medical situation, it seems very dangerous to step outside homes for daily needs as well. Hence, it is advisable to order necessary items online rather than risking your lives by stepping in open air.

Let us list you some important mobile applications which can help you get your daily grocery items at your doorstep.

During the lockdown, bachelors living in metropolitan cities face problems related to food. Most of them either don’t know how to cook or are preoccupied with office work. This leaves them with little or no energy to prepare a meal for them. If you fall in this category, here are a few food delivery apps that can come to your rescue now:

Swiggy Zomato Uber Eats Foodpanda Dunzo Eat Fit Domino’s Pizza Hut Mc Donalds Box8 Milk Basket Country Delight

The second wave of coronavirus has turned out to be more deadly than the one witnessed last year. During the lockdown, medicine shops will remain open but try to get medicines online instead of going out of the house. Here are a few online options that that deliver medicines at your doorstep:

1mg PharmEasy Netmeds.com Medplus India BookMed Lifcare

During lockdown, you can take help of these apps for buying grocery items:

BigBasket Flipkart Supermart ZopNow Dunzo Grofers Nature’s Basket PayTM Mall Amazon ShopClues Grocery JioMart

Though Kejriwal said public transport facilities will continue in the during the 6-day lockdown, not everyone can travel in the Delhi Metro. If you have to go out, take help of these online apps:

Ola Uber Rapido Jugnoo Meru Cabs Mega Cabs