OC Transpo promises more protection against COVID-19 after another driver tests positive
Posted Aug 25, 2020 09:46:00 AM.
OC Transpo will be implementing additional measures to help stop the spread of COVID-19 among their employees. This comes as a seventh OC Transpo driver has tested positive for the virus, this month.
Director of Transit Operations, Troy Charter says they're looking internally at their common areas and are making some adjustments to keep their staff and customers safe.
“We're looking at the areas where we can further tighten up, or evolve and change a little bit,” said Charter.
The latest OC Transpo employee to contract the novel coronavirus operated buses last Wednesday and Friday, serving the following routes:
August 19, 2020
- Route 236: Lakeridge Drive/Southfield Way 7:30 a.m. to Blair Station 8:03 a.m.
- Route 32: Jeanne d’Arc/Innes 8:30 a.m. to Blair Station 8:53 a.m
- Route 42: Blair Station 8:57 a.m. to Hurdman Station 9:27 a.m.
- Route 98: Hurdman Station 1:58 p.m. to Hunt Club Road/Hawthorne Road 2:32 p.m.
- Route 98: Hunt Club Road/Hawthorne Road 2:37 p.m. to Hurdman Station 3:12 p.m.
- Route 97: Hurdman Station 3:21 p.m. to Airport 3:43 p.m.
- Route 97: Airport 3:47 p.m. to Hurdman Station 4:07 p.m.
- Route 97: Hurdman Station 4:11 p.m. to Airport 4:33 p.m.
- Route 97: Airport 4:39 p.m. to Hurdman Station 4:59 p.m.
- Route 93: Hurdman Station 5:02 p.m. to Leitrim Park & Ride 5:51 p.m.
- Route 93: Leitrim Park & Ride 5:59 p.m. to Hurdman Station 6:39 p.m.
August 21, 2020
- Route 236: Lakeridge Drive/Southfield Way 7:30 a.m. to Blair Station 8:03 a.m.
- Route 32: Jeanne d’Arc/Innes 8:30 a.m. to Blair Station 8:53 a.m.
- Route 42: Blair Station 8:57 a.m. to Hurdman Station 9:27 a.m.
OC Transpo has begun contacting employees who may have come into close contact with this operator during these key dates.
Ottawa Public Health is following up with family and friends who may have been in close contact with the employee.
Since the pandemic started, twenty-eight OC Transpo employees have tested positive for the virus.
