Covid-19 at bus interchanges 3 Bus Interchange Since Aug 14, coronavirus Bus Interchange 6 (temporary) cases at bus interchanges have ballooned to 341 people at eight interchanges. East Bishan 7 Bus Interchange Bus Interchange 5 Bus Interchange Bus Interchange Shermaine Ang takes a 2 closer look at the numbers. 4 1 Clementi 8 Bus Interchange Bus Interchange OVERVIEW

No. of bus No. of 26 interchanges 9,500 bus drivers

No. of No. of BUS No. of Interchanges infections bus drivers INTERCHANGE bus bus services (as at infected CLUSTERS services go to NOTE: Information Thursday) (as at Monday) accurate as at Sept 2. • • • Sengkang 1 TOA PAYOH 104 33 24 • • • Tampines • Boon Lay • Bedok Toa Payoh BOON LAY • • • 2 74 13 33 • Bukit Merah • Eunos • Woodlands

3 PUNGGOL • Ang Mo Kio • • 32 13 26 • Bishan • Tampines • Bedok • Central • Toa Payoh JURONG EAST 4 30 15 25 • Bishan •

5 BISHAN • Bukit Merah • Pasir Ris 29 23 13 • Jurong East • Punggol • Ang Mo Kio • HarbourFront • Toa Payoh 6 SENGKANG 25 14 15 • Bedok • Punggol • Woodlands • Clementi • Sengkang • Ang Mo Kio • HarbourFront • Toa Payoh 7 TAMPINES 24 11 34 • Bedok • Pasir Ris • Woodlands • Choa Chu Kang • Punggol • Ang Mo Kio CLEMENTI • • • 8 23 9 16 • Bedok • Hougang Central • Sengkang

TIGHTER MEASURES More stringent safe management measures have kicked in at bus interchanges to minimise the spread of Covid-19.

• Dining and rest areas • Members of the public • The smoking corner has been will be segregated. can no longer dine in at partitioned by physical barriers. • Only one staff member the canteens in bus • No talking is allowed while per table allowed in interchanges. They can still smoking. dine-in areas. buy food to go. • The more than 11,000 bus drivers and staff manning bus interchanges will have to go through weekly routine testing.

• The frequency of the cleaning of high-touch points (left) has been doubled to once every hour. • By next week, all enclosed working areas at bus interchanges will be installed with air puri ers.

Sources: WEBSITES OF SBS TRANSIT, SMRT BUSES, GO-AHEAD AND SINGAPORE PHOTOS: ARIFFIN JAMAR STRAITS TIMES GRAPHICS