Coronavirus Hong Kong: bookings pour in for new ‘anti-epidemic taxi’ fleet, but drivers say they are already facing discrimination

Hong Kong’s so-called anti-epidemic taxi drivers, recruited to ferry Covid-19 patients to and from clinics, received more than 750 bookings on the service’s debut on Friday, though some cabbies complained they were already receiving “strange” looks and discriminatory treatment.The anti-epidemic taxi fleet, identified as such by labels on the vehicles’ exteriors, swung into action on Friday morning to provide an exclusive service for coronavirus patients from 9am to 6pm. The scheme allows…

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