Peru producer makes taxi dividers for passengers

Taxi drivers in the Peruvian Capital are installing curtain shields to separate themselves from passengers as a protective measure amid the Covid-19 epidemic.

The fear of contagion and the heavy fines have caused drivers to buy the transparent curtain that is placed inside the vehicles with a hole where the driver receives the money from the transport service.

Since Thursday, June 4, Peru government has required the use of a health protection panel.

Authorities ordered that the curtain must be made of acrylic, polycarbonate or other material that allows the driver to have 100% vision with respect to the rearview mirror.

The costs of these curtains vary between 16 and 35 USD dollars.

The curtain has also become the opportunity for upholsterers like Frank Gallardo, who has found his device in great demand and a chance to improve his income after the quarantine hit his economy.

The South American country is facing one of the worst health crisis in its history. As of Wednesday, more than 204,000 people were infected, and 5,738 died, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University.