Helsinki violinist delivers food by bike as city fights coronavirus


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  • Friday, 17 Apr 2020

Violinist Teppo Ali-Mattila drives an electric bike as he delivers food to vulnerable residents during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Helsinki, Finland April 16, 2020. REUTERS/Attila Cser

HELSINKI (Reuters) - The second violinist of the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra has been redeployed to help fight the coronavirus crisis - he's using an electric bike to deliver food to the Finnish capital's elderly residents.

With old people ordered to self-isolate, city employees have contacted 27,000 citizens aged over 80 to offer help by delivering groceries and medicines.

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