The Salvador Caetano Group in Porto, Portugal, a shareholder in COBUS Industries, has delivered a COBUS bus that will be used as a COVID-19 mobile testing unit in Matosinhos, a town within the Metropolitan Area of Porto, the location of the final body assembly factory of the apron buses. The provision of this bus is based on an initiative and partnership between Salvador Caetano Group, Matosinhos City Council and Pedro Hispano Hospital.
The transfer of the bus took place on April 13 at Sant’Ana nursing home, where the staff, occupational health personnel and users were being tested. Patrícia Vasconcelos, CEO of COBUS Industries, António Taveira Gomes, President of the Board of Directors of Pedro Hispano Hospital and Luísa Salgueiro, President of the City Council of Matosinhos, were among representatives of the Local Health Entity.
This mobile unit, operating on a COBUS 2700S, an airport bus, will test people across the municipality of Matosinhos. The bus will be driven by employees of Salvador Caetano Group, because of the specific driving features of this special airport bus.
