China’s Delivery Drivers Offer a Lifeline as They Brave Coronavirus Risk

Norge Nyheter Nyheter

China’s Delivery Drivers Offer a Lifeline as They Brave Coronavirus Risk
Norge Siste Nytt,Norge Overskrifter
  • 📰 WSJ
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 14 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 9%
  • Publisher: 63%

Online orders in China are surging during the coronavirus outbreak, but some residents are suspicious of whether couriers also carry the infection

Forced to stay home during the coronavirus outbreak, many residents of the central Chinese metropolis of Wuhan rely on delivery drivers such as Zhang Hao, who risks infection himself as he zooms around the city by moped to deliver groceries and other supplies.

In return, some of his customers treat him as a potential carrier of the virus. One woman waited for Mr. Zhang, 36 years old, to back away from her package before she sprayed it with disinfecting alcohol and took it upstairs. Others ask why he is working and whether...

Vi har oppsummert denne nyheten slik at du kan lese den raskt. Er du interessert i nyhetene kan du lese hele teksten her. Les mer:

WSJ /  🏆 98. in US

Norge Siste Nytt, Norge Overskrifter

Similar News:Du kan også lese nyheter som ligner på denne som vi har samlet inn fra andre nyhetskilder.

China's producer prices break deflation spell but coronavirus risks growChina's producer prices break deflation spell but coronavirus risks growChina's factory-gate prices snapped six months of year-on-year declines in ...
Les mer »

Factbox: Airlines suspend China flights due to coronavirus outbreakFactbox: Airlines suspend China flights due to coronavirus outbreakAirlines are suspending flights to China in the wake of the new coronavirus outb...
Les mer »

Explainer: Companies consider force majeure as coronavirus spreadsExplainer: Companies consider force majeure as coronavirus spreadsEXPLAINER: Companies consider force majeure as coronavirus spreads For the latest developments around the new coronavirus outbreak, follow our liveblog:
Les mer »

China's online censors tighten grip after brief coronavirus respiteChina's online censors tighten grip after brief coronavirus respiteChina's coronavirus outbreak has tested the limits of free speech on the co...
Les mer »

Factbox: What we know and do not know about the new coronavirusFactbox: What we know and do not know about the new coronavirusThe spread of a new coronavirus in mainland China and to more than two dozen cou...
Les mer »

China reports record daily virus death toll, but new cases fallChina reports record daily virus death toll, but new cases fallChina reported 108 new coronavirus deaths on Tuesday, a daily record, bringing t...
Les mer »



Render Time: 2025-04-17 20:07:18