Adherence to social distancing and wearing of masks within public transportation during the COVID 19 pandemic
Adherence to social distancing and wearing of masks within public transportation during the COVID 19 pandemic
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10.1016/j.trip.2020.100191
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发表时间：
2020-09-01
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Dei, Oscar Akunor
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Dzisi, Emmanuel Komla;Dei, Oscar Akunor
加纳的前两例COVID-19病例于2020年3月12日记录。作为一项指导方针，政府发布了关于物理距离和使用口罩的指令，以遏制疾病的社区传播。鉴于公共交通已被确定为传播的高风险环境，有必要确定用户和运营商在此期间遵守公共交通运营准则的情况，以衡量其风险水平。在库马西的一条主要道路上，对850多辆最受欢迎的辅助运输（trotro）公共汽车进行了路边观察员调查。遵守物理距离政策的情况是根据交通部的指导方针确定的，而遵守口罩政策的情况是由研究人员自己根据每辆公交车上有/没有口罩的通勤者人数确定的。结果表明，大多数（98.0%）公交车遵守交通部制定的社交距离准则，但大多数车辆仅部分遵守口罩政策。约有12.6%的车辆乘客少于3人，而有21.3%的公交车乘客少于3人。结果表明，公共交通仍然是抗击COVID-19的高风险领域。建议向运营商提供额外指令，限制他们允许不戴口罩的通勤者上车，并建议警方通过罚款执行政策。
The first two cases of COVID-19 in Ghana were recorded on March 12th 2020. As a guideline, government issued directives on physical distancing and the use of face masks to curb community spread of the disease. Given that public transport has been identified as a high-risk environment for transmission, it was of interest to ascertain user and operator compliance to guidelines for public transport operations during the period, as a measure of its risk level. A roadside observer survey, of over 850 of the most popular paratransit (trotro) buses was carried out on one of the major roads in Kumasi. Compliance to the policy on physical distancing was determined using guidelines from the Ministry of Transport, while compliance to the policy on face masks was determined by the researchers themselves based on the number of commuters with/without face masks per bus. The results suggest that majority (98.0%) of buses comply with the social distancing guidelines established by the Ministry of transport, however the policy on face masks was complied with only partially in most vehicles. About 12.6% of the vehicles had fewer than three commuters without face masks, while 21.3% of buses that had fewer than 3 people with face masks. The results suggest public transport remains an area of high risk in the fight against COVID-19. It is recommended that operators are given additional directives that restrict them from allowing commuters without face masks on board their vehicles, and as well, that police enforce the policy through fines.