A STIB bus driver assigned to the Delta depot (Auderghem) tested positive at Covid-19, learned RTBF. The latter showed up for the last time at his workplace on Thursday, May 14, said an internal announcement at the Brussels public transport company.
STIB, through Occupational Medicine, indicates to “people who have had close contact“with this worker that they will be informed and”briefed on precautions to be taken via the Covid-19 call center“The company also announces that a”emergency cleaning of the common areas of the Delta bus depot has been carried out“.
A participant in the grumbling movement
When contacted, the STIB management confirmed that a staff member had “been tested positive“.”We have followed all procedures following the appearance of this case, Occupational Medicine has been notified and a tracing procedure will be put in place“, adds Françoise Ledune.
According to our information, this bus driver is among the personnel who participated growling from last week.
This new case would bring the number of company staff to nine contaminated with coronavirus. STIB employs, it will be recalled, more than 9,000 people.
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This announcement comes the day after the drivers return to work who had exercised their right of withdrawal. They felt that they did not have enough guarantees from management as to the security measures taken in the vehicles to prevent the spread of the virus.
After a week of partial network paralysis actions by drivers / drivers dissatisfied with the protective measures undertaken on board Stib transport, the metro, tram and bus lines resumed normal operation on Monday.
Management and union representatives signed the draft agreement on which they agreed on Thursday, subject to a resumption of work and the guarantee of social peace until the end of the Covid crisis. They agreed on additional provisions in the context of managing the daily impact of the pandemic on the capital’s public transport network.
let’s remember that wearing a mask is an obligation in public transport, from 12 years old, since May 4, in accordance with the decisions of the National Security Council.
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