Paris Metro Prepares for Lockdown Easing With Police and Cleaners
- RATP says passengers must be limited for social distancing
- Transport network doubles down on washing, masks, sanitizer
A cleaner wearing a protective face mask and gloves disinfects a metro carriage at the "Chateau de Vincennes" metro station, in Paris on May 4.
Photographer: Bertrand Guay/AFP via Getty Images
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The Paris public transport system will deploy as many as 2,000 police officers to enforce rules on social distancing and the wearing of masks when France starts to ease lockdown measures on May 11.
The operator of metros, buses and commuter trains in the French capital, known as the RATP, has also increased its cleaning budget by at least 70% and is testing methods like anti-viral sprays in buses, according to Chief Executive Officer Catherine Guillouard.