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Amtrak customers are going to have to mask up. In an announcement this week, the company said that any passengers who refuse to wear masks or face-coverings amid the coronavirus pandemic will be banned from riding in the future.
All customers and employees must wear a face covering or mask while on trains or thruway buses,” as reported by The Points Guy. “Amtrak reserves the right to remove customers or ban them from future travel in the event of noncompliance with Amtrak’s face covering policy.”
Amtrak has already seen a mass reduction in ridership amid the pandemic and is working to resume operations as close to normal as we can expect during these times.
The coronavirus mainly comes from animals and a majority of those who were infected early either worked at or frequently visited the Huanan seafood wholesale market in Wuhan, according to The Guardian. The virus is similar to Severe acute respiratory syndrome (Sars) and Middle Eastern respiratory syndrome (Mers).
The Wuhan coronavirus is transmitted from person to person through “droplet transmission.” That means an infected person can pass the virus by sneezing or coughing on another person as well as by direct contact.
While a majority of the cases have been detected in the United States and China — with more than 137,000 deaths in the United States — it has now reached many countries around the world. It has also been confirmed in Italy, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, and many other eastern countries.
