Article 6RT87 Truckers get remote help from Central Asia

Truckers get remote help from Central Asia

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At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, all the stuff people ordered online - from stationary bikes to toilet paper - drove up demand for delivery services, which required more drivers, many of them, immigrants. And that gave rise to a new kind of business, on the other side of the globe. Call centers, in Central Asia, providing remote help to truckers in the US, as they zig-zag their way across the country. Levi Bridges reports from Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.

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