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To: Snowshoe who wrote (152881)	2/1/2020 2:30:14 AM
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Wuhan lockdown: How people are still getting food bbc.com The severe restrictions on the city's 11 million residents, designed to prevent the spread of the disease, mean even simple grocery shopping and eating out are no longer straightforward. *** But one Chinese meal delivery firm is adapting its technology to solve that challenge. China's food courier market has grown rapidly in recent years and Meituan is now the biggest player with 440 million customers and 700,000 daily riders. It is now using its vast network and its technology to help support Wuhan and the wider province of Hubei during the crisis. Meituan, which is backed by Chinese internet giant Tencent, has adapted its food delivery app so riders and customers don't have to meet face-to-face. The app has been updated to allow users to add a note to the delivery rider asking them to leave the food on their doorstep or at a building's reception area. Customers can also call or text the rider directly within the app to discuss a location to drop off the food. *** Meituan's new human contact-free app feature was first launched in Wuhan but is being rolled out nationwide and now covers 184 cities. Meituan says it ''expects the feature to be available across China by end of this week'. For medical staff, the free food deliveries are a lifeline. They are under huge pressure to treat thousands of people suspected of contracting the deadly virus. A hospital is being built in six days in Wuhan to treat patients. But staff don't have time to go and find fresh food in Wuhan, while working long hours to help patients.