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San Antonio VIA Bus Driver Tests Positive For COVID-19

Courtesy VIA Metropolitan Transit
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VIA Metropolitan Transit
In an internal letter to all VIA employees, President and CEO jeffrey Arndt wrote that a VIA bus driver tested positive for COIVD-19.

A VIA bus driver tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday, according to an internal letter sent to VIA employees.  

VIA reports the driver last worked on March 31.

In the letter, VIA President and CEO Jeffrey Arndt wrote:

“Our thoughts are with our team member and their family,” he wrote. “We will continue to communicate with them as they recover and do what we can to support them during this time.”

He said employees who may have come into contact with the driver should self monitor for signs of the virus.

If employees do develop symptoms, they should contact their supervisor and their doctor.

Arndt reminded employees the transit system has taken several steps to keep employees safe, including the issuance of masks, gloves, hand sanitizer and disposable wipes.

VIA previously announced it removed seats from buses to increase social distancing and continues a fare relief program to limit contact between drivers and riders.

The letter also lists the routes and buses driven by the driver in the days before she tested positive, also listed here:

March 20: Route 522, Babcock, Bus 428
March 21: Route 42/88, Roosevelt/Bandera, Bus 435
March 22: Route 66/68, Ceralvo/Guadalupe, Bus 422
March 23: Route 9/43, Broadway/South Flores, Bus 526
March 24: Route 82/95, Culebra/Fredericksburg, Bus 334
March 25: Route 3/76, San Pedro/West Commerce, Bus 629/731
March 26: Off
March 27: No contact with the public.
March 28: Route 102, Primo Military, Bus 970
March 29: Routes 5/30, 36/90, 14/44, 22/79, Primo 102 and 503, Buses 330, 673, 674, 676, 677, 331
March 30: Route 32/96, Steves/Vance Jackson, Bus 541
March 31: Route Primo 100, Fredericksburg, Bus 968

VIA reports the buses have all been cleaned and disinfected.

Brian Kirkpatrick can be reached at Brian@TPR.org and on Twitter at @TPRBrian.