Instacart Shoppers to Get Free Telehealth Visits for COVID-19 Screening

Instacart is offering its shoppers free access to Doctor On Demand telehealth screenings for COVID-19, said the online grocery shopping service Wednesday. Shoppers who are “clinically diagnosed” will be eligible to receive up to 14 days of “extended pay” while they quarantine, it said. Instacart shoppers and the Gig Workers Collective threatened early in the pandemic to strike if the company didn’t take proper COVID-19 proper safety precautions (see 2003270048 or 2003270065). It eventually relented and increased benefits and safety protocols.