Uber to provide sanitisers to selected drivers, has received initial batch of 30,000 bottles of cleaning spray
Uber and Lyft driver Adama Fofana, who says he and other drivers he knows have"fear in their stomachs" about contracting the coronavirus disease while working, but cannot cut their hours because they need the income to survive, sprays disinfectant in his car in New York City, New York, US, March 9, 2020.
Uber Technologies Inc will begin shipping disinfecting car spray to selected drivers in areas most affected by the coronavirus outbreak, an executive said on Thursday. The company had promised to supply drivers with sanitisers in early March. Then it closed all of its local hubs, places where drivers can go to receive in-person help or use the bathroom, leaving drivers in the dark over where to receive supplies.
Uber senior vice president of global rides and platform operations, Andrew Macdonald, said on Twitter that the company had received an initial batch of 30,000 bottles of cleaning spray by Atlanta-based company Zep Inc."As a start, we’re prioritising the most active drivers in a few cities, incl. NYC," Macdonald wrote on Twitter, adding that the company was working on securing more supplies.
1) Disinfectants are now starting to make their way to drivers. Hospitals have rightly been getting first priority in the supply chain, but we’ve purchased a first batch of 1qt bottles of virus-killing
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