Pakistani taxi drives give free rides to medical staff in Corona-hit Spain

• A video shared by actress Nadia Jamil shows how Pakistanis are playing their part in countering COVID-19 in Barcelona.

As deadly coronavirus is spreading like a wild fire in Spain, Pakistani taxi drivers in Barcelona are providing free rides to medical staff, who are fighting the COVID-19 on the frontlines.

Pakistani actress Nadia Jamil shared a video of an international publication on twitter, which showed that Pakistani drivers playing their part in helping out the medical staff to overcome the deadly virus.

In the video, the driver later introduces himself and describes the sentiment behind the free-of-charge services.

Pakistani Taxi Drivers in Barcelona giving free taxi service to all Corners Nurses and Medical Staff. They wait outside the hospitals for them. Respect to all medic staff and all those supporting them during these difficult times.
May we all heal and stay safe. InshaAllah ♥️ pic.twitter.com/O3uGBCVKl3

— Nadia Jamil (@NJLahori) March 27, 2020

“My name is Syed Sheraz and I am from Pakistan. There are hundreds of Pakistani drivers providing social services in Barcelona in this crises. Whenever a calamity strikes, we are always ready to provide our services to the host country.

"In 2017, there was a terrorist incident, even at that time Pakistanis provided residents social services, by giving them free rides," he said.

He said that as Spain became the third hardest-hit country by the COVID-19, Pakistani drivers working there decided to give free of cost service to medical staff.

Furthermore, the doctor, who was shown in the cab, also introduced himself and expressed gratitude towards the Pakistani cab drivers providing their services at this time. “Hopefully, we will come out of this crisis together,” he said.

More than 27,000 deaths have been recorded globally, more than 15,000 in Europe, since the virus first emerged in December.