{"id":237859,"date":"2018-04-13T13:25:25","date_gmt":"2018-04-13T11:25:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=237859"},"modified":"2018-04-13T13:25:25","modified_gmt":"2018-04-13T11:25:25","slug":"uber-to-deliver-flu-shots-in-preparation-for-south-african-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/mobile\/237859\/uber-to-deliver-flu-shots-in-preparation-for-south-african-winter\/","title":{"rendered":"Uber to deliver flu-shots in preparation for South African winter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Uber has partnered with Discovery Health, Clicks and Dis-Chem to bring riders flu shots for one day only in Johannesburg, Pretoria, Cape Town, Durban and Port Elizabeth.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday 18 April 2018, from 10:00 to 15:00, riders will be able to request UberWELLNESS on their app and will be met by a nurse who will administer a flu vaccine in minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Discovery Health, Clicks and Dis-Chem have partnered to provide nurses who will be able to administer up to five individual vaccinations during one home or office visit.<\/p>\n<p>While the flu shots will be free, a once off charge of R100 will be charged directly to the rider\u2019s Uber account to cover the cost of the home or office visit.<\/p>\n<p>In addition,Discovery Vitality members will also earn 1,000 Vitality points for having their flu vaccine.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How it will work<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Open your Uber app between 10h00 &#8211; 15h00 on Wednesday, 18 April.<\/li>\n<li>Set your \u2018pickup\u2019 location.<\/li>\n<li>Swipe right on your vehicle options to the \u201cUberWELLNESS\u201d option.<\/li>\n<li>Confirm your ride and if you are successful an accredited nurse will arrive to administer flu vaccinations for up to 5 people.<\/li>\n<li>You must be 18 years or older to request.<\/li>\n<li>The accredited nurse can administer up to 5 individual vaccinations at one visit, for a flat rate of R100.<\/li>\n<li>Available in selected areas of Johannesburg, Pretoria, Cape Town, Durban and Port Elizabeth.<\/li>\n<li>The vaccine will be at no cost to you: you will only pay R100 to cover the cost of the trip when you request through.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/technology\/234037\/you-can-now-tip-your-uber-and-ubereats-drivers-through-the-app\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">You can now tip your Uber and UberEATs drivers through the app<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Uber has partnered with Discovery Health, Clicks and Dis-Chem to bring riders flu shots in Johannesburg, Pretoria, Cape Town, Durban and Port Elizabeth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":115700,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[26,6457],"class_list":["post-237859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mobile","tag-headline","tag-uber"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237859"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237859\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":237869,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237859\/revisions\/237869"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/115700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}