JD.com

As customer fears about the coronavirus cast a shadow over China’s food delivery industry, several companies have announced robot-delivery related services.

The move is one of many by companies to help people minimize personal contact during the coronavirus.

The SARS-CoV-2 virus has impacted every aspect of daily life in China.

Business units of Alibaba and JD.com, as well as e-commerce start-up Meicai, have initiated temporary staff recruitment programmes.

With most Chinese citizens hunkering down at home to wait for the outbreak to subside, some delivery routes are no longer serviceable by normal means.

The firm has made it a priority to deliver medical supplies.

The robots will allow receivers to collect packages using facial recognition.

Hubei’s capital Wuhan is now under quarantine after the virus claimed the life of 17 people in the province.