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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
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Gabriel Elizondo

New York outbreak: US transport workers at risk from COVID-19

New York outbreak: US transport workers at risk from COVID-19

More than 50 of New York's public transport system employees have died from COVID-19, with more than 2,000 workers testing positive for the disease.

Many of them are aged above 55 and have pre-existing health issues, but the metropolitan transport body has stepped up the cleaning of stations and equipment.

Al Jazeera's Gabriel Elizondo reports from New York.

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