The City of Belleville will provide rapid COVID-19 tests to transit drivers starting Friday.
The tests are not mandatory. They are expected to provide results within 15 minutes and can be taken three times a week.
The data will be collected and provided weekly to the Ministry of Health, while protecting drivers’ personal information.
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“We understand that this third wave has increased everyone’s anxiety levels and we want to ease that stress by reassuring our community that everything possible is being done to provide a safe transit service,” the city’s manager of transit services Paul Buck said.
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“Safety is paramount and this is yet another way to protect our riders.”
To date, there have been no driver cases and no contact tracing of any COVID-19 transmission to or from transit.
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