SINGAPORE — The authorities are working with platform firms to enhance the safety of delivery riders to prevent road accidents, following the deaths of five such workers in work-related traffic accidents since January last year, Dr Koh Poh Koon said.

The Senior Minister of State for Manpower was in Parliament on Tuesday (July 5) responding to a question raised by Dr Tan Wu Meng, Member of Parliament for Jurong Group Representation Constituency, on how many food delivery platform workers have died from accidents over that period.