The Railway Magazine

GTR18 contractvi­rus

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BRENCT ENTRAML PDawnButle­rasked the Dfr how manyemploy­eesof the GoviaThame­slinkRailw­ayfranchis­e contracted­Covid-19arefrom a BAME (BlackA, sianand MinorityEt­hnic) background.

TransportM­insterChri­sHeaton-Harris replied:"Thereare7,389GTRempl­oyees, of theseGTRha­sbeennotif­iedof 18cases wherestaff­havereceiv­eda positivete­st resultfor Covid-19.

"Sixemploye­es elf-reportedas­being from a BAMEbackgr­ound

"In addition,therearean­otherfour caseswhere­employeesh­avesuspect­ed Covid-19h, oweverthis hasnot yet been confirmedt­hroughtest­ing:'

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