Meituan Dianping offers ‘contactless shields’ that allow people to eat their delivered food in private

Earlier this year Meituan launched 'contactless delivery' services that allow people to have their food delivered without having to interact with the courier. — SCMP

Amid the coronavirus crisis, people are taking all kinds of steps to protect themselves from infection, and now China’s largest on-demand services provider is offering users who buy food from its platform a paper shield.

For those worried about inhaling water droplets from colleagues, Meituan Dianping is offering a free “contactless shield”. It launched tests in Beijing and Shanghai this week to provide eight restaurant chains, including Yoshinoya and Yonghe King, with the shields when delivering food to some office buildings and hospitals.