GrabShare to suspend temporarily from tonight (Feb. 9, 1am)

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Zhangxin Zheng | February 08, 2020, 11:19 PM

(Editor's note on Feb. 9, 12:22am: We've removed other precautionary measures that are still pending confirmation and they have been taken down from Grab's website as well.)

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Following the Singapore government's announcement (Feb. 7) to raise its Disease Outbreak Response System Condition (DORSCON) to Orange, ride-hailing app Grab has decided to stop its ride-sharing option temporarily.

GrabShare suspended temporarily

According to an update sent to Grab users, GrabShare services will be temporarily suspended from Feb. 9, 1 am onwards, until further notice.

That means users are unable to select the GrabShare option past midnight today.

JustGrab and other ride services will still be available during this period Grab added.

You can see the notice here:

You can read more about Grab's precautionary measures in view of the coronavirus here.

Top photo via Grab app