The first ACC employee has tested positive for COVID-19. According to a county release, the transit employee told their supervisor that they tested positive and transit has been following guidance from the Georgia Department of Public Health.
The individual was not hospitalized and is currently recovering at home. Several employees who had close contact with the individual are currently under self-quarantining protocol until April 7, but are not showing any symptoms.
According to DPH guidelines, the risk of transmission to the public is likely to be low because the individual had limited public contact and kept distancing protocols as much as possible.
As a precaution, residents who may have visited the outside covered bus-loading area of the Multimodal Transportation Center and who may have been in close contact with an employee at that location between March 17-23 should monitor themselves for symptoms.
According to DPH guidelines, close contact includes being within six feet of a sick person with COVID-19 for about 10 minutes or being in direct contact with secretions from a sick person with COVID-19 such as being coughed on.
According to the CDC, symptoms for coronavirus may appear 2 to 14 days after exposure. They can include fever, cough, and shortness of breath.
Stay informed through the ACCGov website at www.accgov.com/coronavirus, email at coronavirus@accgov.com or information line at 706-613-3333.
Transit bus services will continue to operate fare free on a reduced weekend service of nine routes operating between 7:30 a.m. until 9:45 p.m. seven days a week. Specific routes, descriptions and schedules are available at www.accgov.com/transit.
