Authority powerless as taxi driver refuses to wear face mask, while claiming Covid-19 isn't real

The National Transport Authority (NTA) has provided guidance to drivers that they should wear face masks where social distancing cannot be maintained. File picture

A taxi driver refused to wear a face mask and “spent the entire taxi trip claiming that the coronavirus doesn’t exist”.

That is according to one taxi customer who lodged a formal complaint to the National Transport Authority (NTA) over the driver's refusal to wear a face mask in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.