Ĭopyright 2021 by WPLG - All rights reserved. To find out where you can get a COVID-19 vaccine in South Florida, click here. LeFlore said she isn’t in favor of mandating vaccines but that the union is working on a program to encourage them. Lakeisha Snipes, a Miami-Dade Transit bus driver, died of COVID-19 after weeks of being hospitalized. At just 38-years-old, Adam Fry suddenly found himself unable to finish the workday. “We have so many unvaccinated, and I asked them why and I really can’t get an answer.” (KDKA) - A Butler Transit Authority bus driver died following a short battle with COVID-19. “I was told a lot of them were unvaccinated,” LeFlore said. Community Corner CapMetro Bus Driver Dies Of Coronavirus In Austin Transit agency officials said a bus driver deemed a shining example who had worked since 2007 succumbed to the virus on Sunday. Since a bus terminal prayer vigil was held for a driver who died from COVID in February, the numbing numbers are ticking up, reflective of the statewide crisis. A bus driver in Detroit died from the coronavirus two weeks after posting a video complaining about a passenger who he said refused to cover her mouth while coughing. LeFlore spoke about a bus attendant who also lost their battle against the virus, and a 30-year school bus driver who died on the first day of school last week. “We’re losing, what, about seven employees a week to COVID,” said Phyllis LeFlore, president of the AFSCME Local 1184. Many drivers are retirees from previous occupations, so age and health conditions could contribute to the deaths. An estimated 500,000 school buses nationwide operate on a given day. His death is the most recent in a steady drip of devastating news into union hall, particularly among school bus drivers in the county. Sixty London bus drivers have died of Covid-19, and yet the authorities still have little explanation as to why the disease spread among them in such deadly. The School Personnel Lost to COVID account says more than 185 bus drivers have died of the disease during the pandemic. Jones had been waiting for full FDA approval to get vaccinated, but when that came last week, it was too late for him. Workplace Health and Safety Queensland are also investigating. The incident happened at a mining camp in Moranbah. MIAMI – Veteran Miami-Dade County school bus trainer Tim Jones lost his two-week fight with COVID-19 on Monday morning, having never met his newborn. A 62-year-old bus driver was struck and killed by a bus on Friday night.
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