GRT employee tests positive for COVID-19

By CityNews Kitchener Staff

Posted Jul 29, 2021 04:15:00 PM.

For the first time in over a month, a Grand River Transit employee has tested positive for COVID-19.

GRT reports positive cases involving its staff members on its website for transparency purposes. The last was reported on June 22.

The new case is a bus driver who last worked on July 23, and tested positive on July 28.

They are now self-isolating.

No other details have been released due to privacy concerns and a low risk to the public due to enhanced pandemic measures, like barriers around drivers and mandatory masks.

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