Covid-19: Hong Kong taxi drivers start taking travellers to quarantine hotels | South China Morning Post

Designated taxis took incoming travellers at Hong Kong airport to their quarantine hotels under a trial scheme launched on Monday aimed at shortening their journey time amid a recent surge in the number of arrivals. The taxi industry said the move involving 100 vehicles would boost the income of participating drivers, who would receive a subsidy of HK$1,500 (US$191) per day, noting the government had scaled back another programme in which cabs took Covid-19 patients to clinics from a peak of 900 vehicles in March to 90 at present. Fully vaccinated travellers must stay at designated quarantine hotels for seven…