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The 15min.lt portal was the first to report an infected employee. Delfi M. Grigel confirmed the information.
“The investigations are carried out with us in accordance with the law, we have an approved case. He did not transport passengers, he is a driver with special transport, he leads commercial transport.
At the moment, who he has contact with the company is being determined and tests are being carried out on the employees, “said the manager.
The manager emphasized that the person in question was not carrying passengers, although he claimed to be a former bus driver.
“I didn’t speak to him myself, but my colleagues said he felt the flu symptoms and advised him to go for an exam and found him. This is the first case at our company.
I really couldn’t tell where it got infected. There are all kinds of languages, but I don’t want to speculate. I don’t know if he’s in the hospital. We are currently analyzing the situation with which he may have been in contact, “said the manager.
He also said that all company employees are scheduled to be inspected.
“Currently, we plan to evaluate not all company employees, because trolleybuses and buses are not on the same base, but I think we will have to evaluate them all.” We would still have tried it because it is a high risk job, “said the manager.
Kaunas Municipality is taking action
In a press release issued on Friday, the Kaunas city municipality announced that a medical brigade is currently working for the Kauno autobusai company, where the first case of COVID-19 has been reported these days and the second suspect may be cleared up. All company employees will be further investigated over the weekend as well.
The municipality assures that the affected workers did not work on the public transport routes and did not have contact with the passengers.
In view of the recent situation regarding the COVID-19 threat, when Kaunas became a high-risk municipality, the municipality announced that it would take appropriate preventive decisions. T
“Local coronavirus outbreaks in the city have been successfully managed so far. We are doing everything we can to ensure that they do not continue to spread and that patients receive all the help they need. In addition, the mobile checkpoint in Kaunas continues to lead to It conducts preventive investigations, which we encourage all residents who have not only had close contact with the sick, but also want to have preventive control.
Registration is done by calling the Korona Hotline in 1808. Kaunas callers should say the keyword “Kaunas Resident for Preventive Examination”.
Additional security measures have been returned on Kaunas public transport since noon on Friday. Passengers are no longer boarding through the front doors of buses and trolleybuses.
Ticket sales buying from drivers are also suspended.
Those planning to travel by public transport are advised to obtain electronic tickets in advance or to use the smart application “Grasshopper”. We recommend that passengers wear face masks and try to keep a safe distance from each other.
The city, in turn, is stepping up disinfection work on buses and trolleybuses, as well as on the roofs of public transport stops. The benches in the parks, the inventory of the playgrounds, the garbage cans and other elements of small architecture will also receive disinfection ”, reads the report distributed by the municipality of Kaunas.
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