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Italian taxi drivers demand help in face of coronavirus crisis

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Rome, Nov 6 (EFE) .- (Camera: Álvaro Padilla) Italian taxi drivers have taken to the streets, the day of a national strike in the sector, to denounce the "unsustainable" situation in which they find themselves due to the pandemic.FOOTAGE OF THE STRIKE IN FRONT OF THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE IN ROME.SOUNDBITES OF:1.-Valerio (Taxi driver): "On the 17th of this month I have to pay 950 euros, and they're giving me 1,000."2.-Davide (Taxi driver): "We need support. It's not nice to say it, but, we're not going hungry, but we're close. Each day we ear 16, 20, 30 euros. We don't even make 20% of our daily expenses."

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