Trending in Beijing: Is Your Didi Driver Vaccinated?
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The fun, the strange, and the what-on-earth-is-this? Trending in Beijing is a wrap-up of top stories in Beijing as told by the trending hashtags, local press, and general power of the internet.
Even before you opened your curtains on the morning of Tuesday, Jan 19 you would have known that Beijing had its first snowfall of 2021 from the sheer amount of posts on WeChat Moments and Weibo. For a city that rarely sees humidity rise above 30 percent in winter, it's no wonder people get a little excited at the first sign of snow (although some were less than enthused, as our very own Mike Wester expressed succinctly in this video).
Below are a few of our favorite snowy photos posted online:@人民日报 via 故宫博物院
@北京大学
@国是直通车
@中国日报网
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Later on Monday, WeChat issued the following official statement on Weibo:
This is a timely reminder that if you use your WeChat for work purposes — and, let's face it, who doesn't these days — you should frequently backup your chats (or at the very least, take screenshots). Find the backup option in "Settings > General > Backup & Migrate Chats > Backup to computer."#WeChatbug# Our apologies. Due to a system jitter, at around 2pm today, some users encountered a delay in receiving messages. The issue has now been fixed. Ps. There's nothing wrong with your home WiFi.
More than 40,000 Didi drivers receive first vaccine dose
Didi now tells you if your driver has been vaccinated
On Jan 16, China Daily reported that as of 2pm on the same day, 46,787 Didi and Hua Xiaozhu drivers had received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, out of more than 100,000 who are in line for their jab (side note: if there are that many drivers, how is it still so difficult to get a car sometimes?). In a statement posted on their Weibo and Official WeChat Accounts, Didi thanked the epidemic prevention department for its "guidance and deployment and scientific organization," as well as its drivers for their "active cooperation in speeding up the implementation of vaccination." Weibo users were quick to praise this comprehensive vaccination coverage, saying that they felt safer using ride-hailing services knowing that drivers had been vaccinated. Now, when you get a Didi, there is a little sticker over the driver's name indicating if they've already had the vaccine — if not, they must have a negative COVID-19 test.
While Didi's progress in getting their employees vaccinated is doubtlessly a good thing, the news, unfortunately, follows a report earlier this month about the company getting hit with a fine to the tune of RMB 1.07 million after a number of their drivers tested positive for the coronavirus. All told, Didi incurred 96 violations, while its subsidiary, Huaxiaozhu had 12. Those violations included drivers and passengers failing to wear masks, and drivers failing to disinfect their cars or provide proper ventilation.READ: Trending in Beijing: The Cost of Boozy Bottles and Baby Bottles
Images: Pixabay, Weibo
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