KUALA LUMPUR, March 27 -- Prior to the outbreak of Covid-19, taxi drivers here say they were already scraping to get by.

Now with the nation battling to contain the onslaught of the virus, cabbies say they have hit the bottom of the barrel and expressed hope that the outbreak's impact on the economy will abate soon.

Radzuan Ahmad, 56, has been driving his taxi for eight years, mostly waiting for passengers outside the Section 13 Giant Hypermarket, which is located at one of the busiest intersections in Shah Alam.

With the shaky economy, business was already slow before, but since the March 18 movement control order (MCO) came into force, he likened the current scenario akin to "doomsday".

"It's even worse now. Last time, there were ma...