NY – At least three Latino employees are among eight in the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) of NY who lost their lives for him coronavirus, reported this state agency.
According to the MTA, the country’s largest transportation system, lThe deceased Hispanic employees are the supervisor of a subway station, Víctor Zapana, the cleaning employee at a facility in the Bronx, Caridad Santiago, of Puerto Rican origin, and the bus driver Ernesto Hernández.
Zapana worked for three decades for the MTA, Santiago for 13 years and Hernández for 15 years, according to an agency statement, in which they claim to be “heartbroken” over the death of their “heroic” workers.
“They dedicated their lives to serving the public and keeping New Yorkers moving. This is a tragic loss for the city. Their families and friends are in our prayers during this incredibly difficult and painful time,” said the acting director of New York City. Transit, one of the MTA agencies, Sarah Feinberg, in a statement.
The MTA reported that at least 333 employees had tested positive for COVID-19, including the president of that agency, Pat Foye, and that some 2,700 employees, of a workforce of 70,000 people, are quarantined in their homes, notes El Diario.
Also that the number of other subway workers and bus drivers who report ill is tripled.
The MTA took measures to avoid contagion with the virus from its drivers And a week ago, passengers must board and exit the bus through the rear side doors, implying the loss of the $ 2.75 fare for each trip, and arranged that the first three seats are empty.
Only express bus passengers can access through the front door and the disabled.
Feinberg indicated that they will distribute 75,000 masks among the workers.
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