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  • Drivers from a new energy vehicle service company take a photo before starting work on January 26 in Wuhan, Hubei Province in central China (HUBEI DAILY)
  • Zou Jiawei drives past the Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge (HUBEI DAILY)
  • A driver waits for passengers in Wuhan on January 27 (HUBEI DAILY)
  • Zou Jiawei drives a woman and her newborn baby home (HUBEI DAILY)
  • On January 30, volunteer drivers are ready to go in a community. Five cars was allocated to the community, bring great convenience to residents (HUBEI DAILY)
  • A volunteer driver and a community worker escort a 70-year-old elderly woman feeling uncomfortable to a nearby hospital in Wuhan on February 1 (HUBEI DAILY)
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There are many medical staff among the tens of thousands of residents in Shipaiyuan Community in Wuhan, which has been hit hardest by the novel coronavirus epidemic in central China. And since the suspension of local public transportation to control the outbreak, Zou Jiawei, a ride-hailing car driver, and three other volunteer drivers have been driving them to and from work.

On February 1, while many people were still at home during the Spring Festival holiday, Zou woke up at about 7 a.m., checked his orders from community staff and residents, put on his protective clothing and headed out to work. This has been his daily routine ever since he joined a local volunteer driver team on January 26.

After driving a doctor to work, Zou rushed to take a woman and her newborn baby home. "The services are free because we are volunteers receiving government subsides," he explained to the mother, who exclaimed, "This is even more convenient than usual!"

He returned to the community lounge at around 1 p.m. to have a quick lunch. "Since most restaurants have not yet opened, the volunteers can only buy simple lunches, but none of them complain about this," said Cao Dongyu, Secretary of the Communist Party of China Shipaiyuan Community Branch.

"I applied to participate in the volunteer work as soon as the notice was released," Zou said. "As a military veteran, I will never hesitate to rush to the frontline whenever needed."

Zou is one of 6,000 volunteer drivers in Wuhan. After local public transportation was suspended and private cars were banned, the headquarters for the control and treatment of the novel coronavirus pneumonia in the province's capital called up 6,000 taxis and car-hailing vehicles on January 24, and allocated them to communities in central districts to provide free services such as transport, food and medicine delivery for residents. On January 25, volunteers from local taxi companies, as well as car-hailing companies such as Didi and Dongfeng, started providing services.

To ensure drivers' safety and cope with the shortage of protective clothing, each car has only one fixed driver. All the companies, platforms and communities have provided the drivers with protective gear and disinfection items, keeping updated attendance records to ensure orderly operation. On January 30, volunteers provided services to 1,159 communities in downtown Wuhan with 4,364 cars, and drove 5,338 passengers, averaging up to 16 hours of work per vehicle.

(Reporting by Hubei Daily

Copyedited by Rebeca Toledo

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