NY Subway 24 hours service discontinued Disinfecting the inside of the car and the station before dawn New Corona May 8 12:41
In the eastern New York state, which has the highest number of new-type coronavirus infections in the United States, more than 20,000 people have been infected and died. The New York City subway, which has been pointed out to be at risk of infection, has stopped operating for 24 hours, and from now on it will be disinfected inside the train and stations every day before dawn.
In New York State of the United States, as of the 7th, more than 20,000 people were infected with the new coronavirus and died, and the state says that the peak of infection has passed, but how to reduce the number of infected people is a problem. It has become.
Of these, one of the world's largest subways in New York City has been pointed out that employees who are infected with the virus and die will be at risk of infection, so they stopped operating 24 hours a day on June 6, at 1 am From 5am to 5am, we embarked on disinfection work for all vehicles and the station premises.
Until now, disinfection in the car has been done once every three days, but from the 6th it will be mobilized by 700 staff every day.
At the same time, New York City guided people at home to shelters and hospitals as a countermeasure against the infection of street dwellers who are sleeping in the subway trains and homes at midnight, so-called homeless people.
In addition, the city prepares 7.5 million masks and distributes them to citizens at parks and other places where people can easily gather, and is working to prevent further spread of the infection.