REUTERS: Uber Technologies Inc on Thursday (Apr 9) said it plans to ship millions of face masks to its active drivers and food delivery people ...
REUTERS: Uber Technologies Inc on Thursday said it plans to ship millions of face masks to its active drivers and food delivery people around the world to help prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus.
Uber said it had shipped its first order of masks to drivers in New York City, the US city with the highest number of infections of COVID-19, the respiratory illness caused by the coronavirus. Ride-hailing demand has grinded to a halt in most US cities, with a majority of Americans now under some form of lockdown. But Uber said it has seen a significant increase in restaurant food deliveries during the pandemic.An Uber Eats food delivery courier closes a bag with an order during a lockdown, imposed to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, in central Kiev, Ukraine.
The US government has recommended Americans wear cloth face coverings on a voluntary basis to stem the spread of the coronavirus.
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