Driver with Wave’s DART program tests positive
By WECT Staff | February 8, 2021 at 9:18 PM EST – Updated February 8 at 11:45 PM
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) – A driver in the WAVE Transit Dial-A-Ride Transportation (DART) program has tested positive for COVID-19, according to a post on the system’s Twitter page Monday night.
Executive Director Marie Parker confirmed the information, saying the DART program’s services are running on regular schedule, and no shutdown happened because of this positive test. WAVE Transit provides the van service for people with disabilities who cannot travel by fixed route bus.
We have just learned that one of our Dial-A-Ride (DART) drivers has tested positive for COVID. We are controlling the situation through employee quarantine, vehicle disinfection, and customer and staff contact tracing. Click for more about our efforts. https://t.co/g3YK2k5weV pic.twitter.com/c9Ci0eUXPC
— Wave Transit (@WaveTransitILM) February 8, 2021
The social media post says WAVE Transit is ‘controlling the situation through employee quarantine, vehicle disinfection, and customer and staff contact tracing’.
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