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Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-053 Context (guidance or announcement) Primary source read

NCDOT release, Dec. 16, 2020: six employees on the Cedar Island-Ocracoke route positive; six recovering under 14-day quarantine and eleven more quarantined; Pamlico Sound service reduced Dec. 22-28, 2020 to two round trips per leg; crews and passengers required to wear face coverings

NCDOT Reports Six Positive COVID-19 Tests Among Pamlico Sound Ferry Staff

North Carolina Department of Transportation, Ferry Division · North Carolina (Pamlico Sound routes: Cedar Island-Ocracoke, Swan Quarter-Ocracoke) (State)

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Jurisdiction
North Carolina (Pamlico Sound routes: Cedar Island-Ocracoke, Swan Quarter-Ocracoke) · North Carolina
Level
State
Authority
Ferry Division operating authority; the Governor's face-covering order (recited by content: 'All ferry crews are required to wear face coverings... passengers are required to... wear face coverings while on ferry decks or in passenger lounges')
Issued
2020-12-16 Dec. 16, 2020
Effective
2020-12-22 through 2020-12-28 (reduced schedule); quarantines from Dec. 14, 2020 (read as 2020-12-22)
End
2020-12-28
In force
Dec. 22, 2020 to Dec. 28, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q4
Limitation types
Face-covering requirementTravel and quarantineQuarantine and isolation
Addressees
  • ferry employees (quarantine)
  • Pamlico Sound passengers
Functions reached
  • WF workforce (17 employees quarantined; service cut for lack of crew)
  • TV travel
  • CB customer access
Character
context
Collection
State transport, ports and transit authorities AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT

Operative words

The six employees are recovering at home under quarantine for at least 14 days.... Eleven other employees that were in contact with the crew have not tested positive, but are also under quarantine. Due to a temporary shortage of personnel on the route, service on the Pamlico Sound routes between Cedar Island, Swan Quarter and Ocracoke will be reduced between Dec. 22-28.... All ferry crews are required to wear face coverings when on board, while passengers are required to practice social distancing and wear face coverings while on ferry decks or in passenger lounges.

Enforcement

Quarantine of 17 employees; EO 180 face-covering penalties (Class 2 misdemeanor under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-288.20A, as recited in the North Carolina State file); operator schedule reduction

Notes

Quarantine and isolation rules operating on a State agency's workforce, producing a service reduction; mask rule restated. Service announcement with implementing content; graded context.

Retrieval note

Rendered Wayback capture (Jan. 11, 2021); banner URL truncated; release 'Published Date: 12/16/2020'.

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