Cab driver installs signboard reassuring passengers that he is fully vaccinated

After losing countless customers during the coronavirus pandemic, a taxi driver in Thailand has now discovered a method to calm nervous patients. Sombat Subin, who has been ferrying passengers in the country’s Nonthaburi province, has stuck a sign which notifies his potential customers that the taxi driver has fully been vaccinated against COVID. The taxi driver, whose income plummeted from about 60,000 baht ($1,920) a month to 10,000 baht, said that the idea has helped him increase his income.

Thailand, which has reported 179,886 cases and 1,269 deaths, has been reeling with new outbreaks. And with fear of the disease growing, people are often sceptical to commute via cabs and other public transport. However, with his innovating “lit up” signs, Subin has been, in three discreet languages, notifying people that he has been immunized against the infection.

The signboard…