Hong Kong taxi industry in talks with government to ferry coronavirus patients to and from clinics

Up to 400 taxi drivers will be recruited to ferry Covid-19 patients with mild symptoms to and from outpatient clinics under a plan aimed at easing the strain of Hong Kong’s fifth wave of infections on hospitals.The taxi industry is still in talks with the government about the cost of the arrangement, and has asked for special monthly payments of about HK$60,000 for drivers and HK$15,000 a month to rent the vehicles from owners, on top of the metered fares.Chau Kwok-keung, chairman of the Hong…

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