A experience share driver picks up passengers at O'Hare Airport on April 10, 2019 in Chicago, Illinois.
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Earlier this month, as speak of a brand new virus outbreak within the U.S. revved up, Robert Richwine, an Uber driver in Columbus, Ohio, devised a recreation plan to attempt to keep on the highway. After dropping off every rider, he sprayed disinfectant on "something the passenger may need even thought of touching." He posted indicators on his grey Ford, notifying individuals of his precautions.
Then that speak become one thing scarier and nearer. Ohio Governor Mike DeWine declared a state of emergency after which finally ordered residents to remain of their properties, apart from important wants, till at the very least April 6.
The coronavirus has already sickened greater than 850 individuals in Columbus and killed 15. The streets of the town, the place Richwine, 67, has lived most of his life, are eerily silent, he stated. "It looks like proper after 9/11."
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