Coronavirus: 45 buses move up to 600 patients daily; fleet size to be expanded to 60

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SINGAPORE - About 45 buses have now been deployed to transport up to 600 Covid-19 patients daily.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

And the fleet is set to be expanded to 60 in the coming weeks.

The buses ferrying the patients are arranged by MOH, the Singapore Armed Forces and the Singapore Civil Defence Force. MOH said:"The rest of SMRT's retrofitted buses will be progressively deployed over the coming weeks to join the current fleet in transporting patients. The driver and passengers are located in two compartments separated by an air-tight divider. Each compartment has its own air-conditioning system. In addition, the passengers' compartment is equipped with a negative pressure system.

 

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