The rapid testing program will begin Monday with unvaccinated employees required to submit a rapid test, paid for by themselves, within 72 hours before each shift. For the four per cent of employees with one dose, they will need to take part in regular rapid testing until 14 days after their second dose. It also wasn’t disclosed how many employees have applied for medical or religious exemptions and if any had been approved.Ībout 88 per cent of employees are fully vaccinated, a steep rise from the 72 per cent who disclosed they had received two doses as of mid-September. Workforce safety branch manager Cyndil Taylor said those numbers will be available in early November as more employees reveal their plans. Of the 982 city employees yet to disclose their vaccine status, it isn’t clear how many will be taking part in rapid testing and how many will be placed on leave. “We are making adjustments to ensure that there are no impacts to our response times so that we can continue to keep Edmontonians safe,” he said. Nine routes will be hit the hardest, with 10 or more trips removed in a single day. Not all bus routes will be impacted, Hotton-MacDonald said, noting several considerations were taken into account including minimizing overcrowding, not allowing service frequency to fall below 30 minutes on peak hours on any route, minimizing impact to school specials and distributing the cut trips equitably across the city. “We will be monitoring the temporary service changes and our workforce numbers on a daily basis and we will make any necessary changes.”ĭue to the staffing reduction, Hotton-MacDonald said they have more than doubled the number of recent recruits to 26 drivers, who will soon begin their six-week training program before they can hit the streets. MANALI: One person was killed while 15 were injured after a Punjab roadways bus and a truck collided inside a traffic tunnel at Aut in Himachal Pradeshs Mandi district on Thursday evening.
Definitely by the end of the year I’d hope to see full service back and hopefully even sooner than that as people continue to comply with the policy,” Hotton-MacDonald told reporters. As more people comply, we’ll be able to add back our service. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.