COVID-19 environmental and operational impact for public transport in Kuwait.

ABSTRACT: The corona virus disease pandemic (COVID-19) is one of the recent issues that spread in the world, which disrupted life, impacted the economy, and led to heavy losses, whether for government sectors or private companies. This paper focuses on the Kuwait public transport company KPTC and Kuwait Airways' experience during the pandemic, since they incurred major losses due to the decline of their users. Public transport is a place to catch COVID-19, as it is subjected to the use of a large number of passengers daily within a small closed environment. The causes that led to the spread of the virus among public transport users and develop solutions to limit its spread and preserve public transport pioneer's safety were discussed in the paper. Additionally, the environmental impact resulting fro

SUBMITTER: AlKheder S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9528885 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature