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10 Bi-State Development employees test positive for COVID-19

Bi-State Development, which runs Metro Transit, said the employees who tested positive work at five different locations

ST. LOUIS — Ten Bi-State Development employees have now tested positive for COVID-19.

Bi-State Development runs Metro Transit in Missouri and Illinois.

In a release, Bi-State Development said the employees who tested positive work at the Brentwood MetroBus facility, DeBaliviere MetroBus facility, Illinois MetroLink, Metro Call-A-Ride and headquarters.

Bi-State Development said they have identified and reached out to other workers who had close contact with the employees who tested positive and instructed them to self-quarantine for 14 days. The facilities and areas where exposure may have occurred have also been sanitized and disinfected.

Bi-State Development said Metro Transit has been practicing midday and nightly cleanings of vehicles, encouraging social distancing aboard trains and buses, modifying their services and limiting contact with operators over the past several weeks.

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