Traffic & Transit
Coronavirus: 2 Sound Transit Employees Test Positive, Report Says
Two Sound Transit employees have tested positive for the coronavirus, a report says.
SEATTLE, WA — Two Sound Transit employees have tested positive for the new coronavirus, according to a report. Service reductions are planned to be announced Thursday evening.
The Seattle Times reported Sound Transit CEO Peter Rogoff as saying two employees told the agency that they had tested positive for coronavirus.
In response, Sound Transit has cleaned work spaces and contacted other people who had been close to the two employees.
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The employees were "doing well," the report quoted spokesman John Gallagher as saying.
Two Sound Transit employees have tested positive for COVID-19, CEO Peter Rogoff says.
— Heidi Groover (@heidigroover) March 19, 2020
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