13 SEPTA Employees Test Positive For Coronavirus

PHILADELPHIA — More than a dozen SEPTA workers have tested positive for the new coronavirus, or COVID-19, the transportation authority said Monday.

In total, 13 workers have the virus, SEPTA said.

Employees with the virus worked at the follow SEPTA facilities and/or lines:

• Regional Rail
• Market-Frankford Line
• Control Center
• Elmwood Shop
• Midvale Shop
• Elmwood Trolley Depot
• Southern Depot
• Comly Depot
• Norristown High Speed Line Shop
• Frankford Transportation Center
• Allegheny Depot
• Elmwood Depot
• Legal Department

SEPTA said these employees will not be working while they are ill and will not have contact with customers and co-workers while ill.

"We have procedures in place to sanitize and deep clean any work area/equipment that might have been used by such an employee as well as a notification system to inform workplace colleagues, particularly those who worked in close proximity to the individual prior to a confirmed virus diagnosis," SEPTA said.