Thursday, April 30, 2020

April 30, 2020: New York City To Begin Daily Cleaning Of Subways To Combat Covid-19

From ABC7, New York:
NYC subway service to halt overnight so trains can be cleaned
A new subway cleaning plan was unveiled Thursday that involves a complete suspension of overnight service after Governor Andrew Cuomo ordered officials to figure out how to "disinfect every train every night."

"When people get into the train in the morning, they have to know that train was disinfected the night before," Cuomo said. "So that I can say to essential workers that are killing themselves for our state, we are keeping the subways open for you, and when you get on the subway in the morning or the afternoon, know that car was disinfected the night before."

Starting next Wednesday, May 6, the MTA will stop ridership from 1 a.m. to 5 a.m. daily to complete the cleaning. To fill the gaps, the MTA will provide buses, for-hire-vehicles, and dollar vans at no cost to essential workers.....MORE
Possibly related, from Gizmodo:
Half the DNA on the NYC Subway Matches No Known Organism

Also at WABC:
April 30, 2020
Mayor: Unrefrigerated bodies outside funeral home 'unacceptable'

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