All bus routes in Hanoi have resumed operation from May 4, but each bus must not have more than 30 people on board, including passengers, drivers and conductors, according to the city's Department of Transport.
All bus routes in Hanoi have resumed operations on May 4. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - All bus routes in Hanoi have resumed operation from May 4,but each bus must not have more than 30 people on board, including passengers,drivers and conductors, according to the city's Department of Transport.
The city bus system was suspended during the national social distancing periodlasting from April 1 to 22.
About 20 to 30 percent of the routes resumed between April 23 and 30 aftersocial distancing policies were eased.
Thai Ho Phuong, Deputy Director of the Hanoi Public Transport Management andOperation Centre said all buses must be sanitised before departure and arrivalevery day, and have hand sanitisers and waste baskets with covers on board.
All bus staff and passengers must wear face masks.
The number of people on each bus must not exceed 30. Passengers have to stayaway from each other at least one seat or one metre, Phuong said.
There will be 28 passengers on a 60-seat bus. The number of passengers on asmaller bus must not exceed 50 percent of its carrying capacity, he said.
Passengers who show signs of fever, coughing or breathing difficulty will bereported to nearby healthcare centres or the health ministry’s hotline forfurther assistance.
In Ho Chi Minh City, 69 subsidised bus routes have started to run again afterthe social distancing period with 50 percent of the trips back to normal.
The operation of 27 other routes with less than 1,200 passengers per day eachcontinues to be suspended until further notice.
Passengers must keep distance from each other while the buses must open windowsor set AC temperatures at 26 degrees Celsius or higher.
HCM City’s first river bus route from Bach Dang, District 1 to Linh Dong, ThuDuc district also resumed operation on May 4./.
The Transport Department of Ho Chi Minh City on March 27 proposed suspending 54 bus routes and cut 60 percent of trips on fixed routes from March 28 to April 5 to curb the spread of the COVD-19 pandemic.
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All bus routes in Hanoi have resumed operations on May 4. (Photo: VNA) 
