Bangkok bus driver tests positive for Covid - was feverish after driving his bus downtown

[webfact]

Bangkok bus driver tests positive for Covid - was feverish after driving his bus downtown 

 

Picture: Sanook

 

The Bangkok Mass Transit Authority has admitted that one of their drivers is suffering from Covid and is in hospital.

 

He fell ill after driving his bus - #34 - from Rangsit to Hualampong and back on Saturday.

 

The conductor on the bus is being tested and the bus has been sprayed.

 

A timeline of his movements has been announced.

 

His infection came to light after proactive testing at the Suchart Market in Pathum Thani north of Bangkok near where the driver lives. 

 

The timeline:

 

From February 1 - 12 he was asymptomatic.

 

He was tested at the market on the 11th. 

 

On the 13th he drove bus number 34. His temperature was 36.5C, he cleaned his hands with alcohol gel and wore a mask.

 

He drove from Rangsit leaving at 1.45 pm to Hua Lampong arriving at 3 pm. He then drove back reaching Rangsit again at 7.28 pm. 

 

By this time he was feverish and had a headache and muscle pains. He saw a doctor and was sent home. 

 

On Sunday 14th he heard he was positive for Covid and is now in Lam Lukka Hospital. 

 

Source: Sanook

 

 

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[tifino]

I hope all his movements shown were part of a download from that compulsory APP on his person? and Not just taken from the generic bus timetable...

[RichardColeman]

10 minutes ago, webfact said:

From February 1 - 12 he was asymptomatic.

And ....boom !

[mtls2005]

Better the driver than the conductor (fare collector).