OC Transpo operator tests positive for COVID-19

Another OC Transpo operator has tested positive for COVID-19. 

According to a city memo released Thursday evening, their last day of work was on November 9.

The employee has been self-isolating since that time. 

The city says it will not release the identity of the individual for privacy reasons. 

OPH says it is conducting contact tracing of individuals who have, or may have been, in close contact with this employee. 

The key dates, OPH explains, are the 48-hour period prior to the first day the employee showed symptoms. In this case, the key dates are November 7, 8 and 9 (the employee did not work on November 7 or 8, however). 

The employee operated two buses on the day they did work that include the following routes:

• Bus #6465
• Route # 88 Baseline Stn 4:35 a.m. to Hurdman Stn 5:00 a.m.
• Route # 96 Greenboro Stn 5:23 a.m. to Merivale depot/Colonade Rd 5:37 a.m.
• Route # 270 Maravista/Cedarview 6:02 a.m. to Tunney’s Stn 6:37 a.m.
•  Route # 86 Baseline Stn 6:51 a.m. to Tunney’s Stn 7:21 a.m.
• Route # 86 Baseline Stn 7:37 a.m. to Tunney’s Stn 8:10 a.m.
• Route # 87 Baseline Stn 8:24 a.m. to Tunney’s Stn 8:52 a.m.
• Route # 87 Tunney’s Stn 8:56 a.m. to Baseline Stn 9:19 a.m.
• Route # 111 Baseline Stn 9:37 a.m. to Carlingwood 10:20 a.m.
• Route # 111 Carlingwood 10:42 a.m. to Baseline Stn 11:20 a.m.
• Route # 111 Baseline Stn 11:37 a.m. to Carlingwood 12:21 p.m.
• Route # 89 Tunney’s Stn 1:20 p.m. to Merivale Depot/Colonade Rd 1:50 p.m.
• Bus #4423
• •Route # 16 Westboro Stn 3:04 p.m. to St. Paul’s University 4:07 p.m.
• Route # 16 St. Paul’s University 4:13 p.m. to Westboro Stn 5:00 p.m.

OPH has already begun contacting employees who may have come into close contact with the operator during those days. 

They are also following up with family and friends who may have been in close contact with the individual.