The railway sector has been continuously conducting mass testing of personnel of the Metro Rail Transit Line 3 , the Philippine National Railways , and the Light Rail Transit Lines 1 and 2 (LRT-1 and LRT-2 in line with the directive of Transport Secretary Arthur Tugade, the DOTr said in a statement.
At least 860 personnel of the MRT-3 underwent swab tests, of which 131 tested positive, the agency said. For the LRT-1, 117 tested positive out of the 377 tested personnel while 143 out of the 571 tested LRT-2 workers were found to be positive of COVID-19. Employee testing has contributed to the reduced operations with the MRT-3 running with 14 train sets, the LRT-1 with 17 trains and LRT-2 with 5 trains, the DOTr said.
Commuters affected by reduced train lines are being serviced by the bus augmentation on several specific routes, the agency said.
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