A GO Transit train operator has tested positive for COVID-19.

In a message sent to employees Friday, Ian Smith, the chief operating officer for Metrolinx, the provincial transit agency that oversees GO, said the operator was resting at home and doing well.

Smith said Metrolinx was informed of the positive test by Bombardier, whose employees operate and maintain GO trains under contract to the provincial agency.

According to Metrolinx, the employee hadn’t been to work since March 20 and had gone into self-quarantine when the person began to feel unwell. The operator worked on GO’s Kitchener and Lakeshore corridors, but Smith’s message said train drivers work in isolation and have “very limited contact with most staff and our customers.”

“We are informing all of our people, as a sensible matter of precaution and for information,” Smith said.

The locomotives and work areas that the operator was in contact with were given additional deep cleaning after the employee reported the test results.

Toronto-area transit workers are still on the job during the COVID crisis that has paralyzed much of the city. In the past week and a half, a TTC mechanic and subway operator have tested positive for the disease.

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