Doha: Ministry of Transport and Communication (MOTC) announced that public transit (buses and metro) services will resume at 30% capacity as of Tuesday, September 1 as Phase 4 of gradual lifting of COVID-19 curbs on public transit system begins.
In tweets on their official handle MOTC published the various guidelines to be followed by the buses and metro services as part of the gradual lifting of Covid-19 restrictions in Qatar.
“As Qatar continues its previous decisions and measures to ensure wellbeing and safety of citizens and residents to stop the spread of the Coronavirus COVID-19, it has been decided to:”
Starting Sept 1 resuming public transit (buses and metro) services at 30% capacity according to previous working hours for public transit while abiding by MoPH instructions
Testing all workers of public transit system and stations for COVID-19
Providing supervisors to ensure all precautionary measures are being followed
Encouraging customers to pre-book ride tickets online
Allowing entry only for those with "green" status on EHTERAZ App and those who wear facemasks
Banning smoking at entrances of public transit and following instructions on guidance posters
Banning eating and drinking inside stations and on public transit system
Surfaces are continuously sterilized
Social distancing posters, footmarks and signs are place on walls, floors and seats
Hand sanitizer stations are installed
Part of precautionary measures in place as public transit resumes service in Phase 4 of gradual lifting of restrictions on public transit system pic.twitter.com/6wzVZS9vK5
— The Peninsula Qatar (@PeninsulaQatar) August 29, 2020
