SEPTA Supplying Employees With More Personal Protective Equipment

Alecia Reid reports.

SEPTA NOW SUPPLYING MOREPERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENTTO THEIR EMPLOYEES TO PROTECTAGAINST THE SPREAD OF COVID-19"EYEWITNESS NEWS" REPORTERALICIA READ IS IN CENTER SITWHICH THAT PART OF OURCOVERAGE.Reporter: JESS THERE IS NETGATOR SERVES AS FACE COVERINGOPTION AND SEPTA ORDERED10,000 EVERY THEM FOR ITSEMPLOYEES.YOU MAY NOW SEE SEPTAOPERATORS WITH DIFFERENT TYPESOF FACE COVERINGS.FROM SURGICAL MASKS, TOBANDANNAS, TO NET GATORS.WE STEPPED UP OUR EFFORTOVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS TO GETALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES OUTFITTEDWITH THE PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT,MOST NOTABLY MASKS.ACQUIRED HALF MILLIONSURGICAL MASKS, WALMARTDONATED 1500 BANDANNAS, ANDTHE TRANSPORTATION OUTLETTEAMED UP WITH PENNSYLVANIA'SSPORTING GOODS COMPANY DICK'S,TO GARNER 10,000 NET GATORS.GIVING THEM COVERINGS, NOWTHEY CAN OWN, IT IS THEIRS,THEY CAN TAKE IT HOME, THEYCAN CLEAN IT, WASH IT, RE WEARIT, OVER AND OVER AGAIN,WHEREAS SURGICAL MASKS WE KNOWARE REALLY ONLY GOOD FOR A USEAFTER LAST WEEK'S INCIDENTWHERE POLICE DRAGGED A MAN OFFA BUS FOR NOT WEARING A MASK,SEPTA IS NOW OFFERING FREEMASKS, FOR THOSE WHO NEED IT.WE NOW FEW WHO DON'T HAVEACCESS TO THE MASK SO WE HAVELIMITED SUPPLY OF MASKS THATWE CAN MAKE AVAILABLE TO THECUSTOMERS.20,000 OF THEM METERED ANDREPLENISHED THROUGHOUT TODAYAND TOMORROW, UNTIL SUPPLIESRUN OUT.EXCELLENT IDEA.I THINK THEY ALSO ARE WORKINGON THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BERUNNING INTO SOME CONCERNSAROUND, MAY NOT BE ABLE TOCONTINUE TO PROVIDE FACE MASKS, CONTINUOUSLY, FOR LONGPERIODS OF TIME.SEPTA OFFICIALS SAY THEY'LLCONTINUE TO WORK WITH FRONTLINE EMPLOYEES TO MAKE SURETHEY AND THEIR RIDERS ARE SAFE