By: Spokesman Newsroom
BASSETERRE, St.Kitts (Friday 1st May 2020) — Bus drivers in St. Kitts-Nevis have the right to put out passengers not wearing masks under safety measures in place to tackle the coronavirus pandemic.
Superintendent Cromwell Henry publicised this at the National Emergency Operations Center (NEOC) COVID-19 Daily Briefing held on Wednesday 29th April 2020, following a concern raised by a bus driver.
He informed that passengers found not wearing masks are liable — not the bus driver. “Each person is liable for their actions. The regulation requires that every person wear a mask so if the police finds you without a mask, you are the one who will be liable.”
“The bus driver can stop the vehicle if he finds that persons are removing the masks once they begin to drive. He can stop the vehicle and ask them to alight, or he can drive them to the nearest police station and ask the police to have them removed from the vehicle. So again, you can put the passenger off the bus if they insist on not wearing the masks,” Superintendent Henry added.