From Burgers To Airfare, Discount Offers Stack Up For Inoculated Indians

Vaccinated customers, even those who have received just one dose, would get a discount of up to 10%, the IndiGo airline said on Wednesday.

Discounts on items ranging from fast food to flights are being offered by Indian firms keen to lure people to get vaccinated against the coronavirus, as the economy re-opens gradually from weeks of lockdown. While businesses in the West make similar offers to dispel vaccine hesitancy, India is badly short of doses for its population of nearly 1.4 billion, and the incentives could serve mainly to attract more customers. "We feel it is our responsibility to contribute to the national vaccination drive by encouraging more people," Sanjay Kumar, a senior official of Interglobe Aviation, which runs India's biggest airline, IndiGo, said in a statement. Vaccinated customers, even those who have received just one dose, would get a discount of up to 10%, the airline said on Wednesday.