Volunteer drivers ship veggies to frontline of virus fight

Three Inner Mongolian drivers spent three days transporting tons of donated vegetables across half of China to Wuhan, Hubei province.

Driver Li Gaofeng formed a transportation team with Li Gang and Fan Zhizhong, and departed from Xilinhot, Inner Mongolia autonomous region to Beijing to load more than 30 metric tons of vegetables on Jan 30. They then traveled more than 1,700 kilometers from grassland to plain, successfully arriving in Wuhan on Feb 1.

Since the novel coronavirus outbreak, the higher risk of infection had deterred drivers from traveling to the city. But the three chose to do it for free.

Over the three days, the drivers did not stop and took turns driving. They only ate instant noodles to save time and get the fresh food to the epicenter as quickly as possible.

Li Gaofeng said he has been paying close attention to the situation and hoped they were able to help Wuhan.