WILDER — An Advance Transit employee who last week drove for the nonprofit’s Access AT service is under quarantine after testing positive for COVID-19, the organization said.
Access AT is a shared-ride, curb-to-curb ADA paratransit service for people who are unable, because of a disability, to use AT’s fixed-route buses.
State officials notified AT of the positive results and requested contact information for customers or employees who may have ridden the specialized bus or been at the nonprofit’s headquarters, AT Executive Director Van Chesnut said in a statement.
“There was limited exposure and we were able to identify anyone who was possibly exposed,” he said in a phone interview Wednesday.
Those who may have come into close contact with the driver are being contacted by the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services, he said.
The company continues to operate busses throughout the Upper Valley. Busses, including the one the employee was driving, are sanitized each evening, Chesnut said.
However, AT is asking people to stay home if they feel sick, frequently wash their hands and maintain distance from other passengers while riding the bus.
Separately, the Randolph-based Stagecoach on Wednesday asked passengers to avoid riding the bus if possible in order to save the available seats for nurses, doctors, child care workers, first responders, transit workers and those with no other transportation options.
Stagecoach, which operates in Orange and Northern Windsor counties, also said in Wednesday’s news release that it is operating fare-free, sanitizing its buses and encouraging passengers and drivers to follow safe hygiene guidelines.