Reducing pathogen transmission in autonomous vehicle fleet

A method comprising:

• determining that a passenger of an autonomous vehicle (AV) may be exhibiting symptoms of an illness;
• instructing the AV to drive the passenger to a destination location;
• determining that the passenger has exited the AV at the destination location;
• and
• in response to the passenger exiting the AV, and prior to picking up a second passenger, instructing the AV to perform an action for disinfecting the AV according to a health protocol, the action comprising autonomously driving to an AV facility for cleaning.

A method for cleaning a vehicle comprising:

• receiving sensor data from at least one vehicle sensor, the vehicle sensor to detect a person in a passenger compartment of the vehicle;
• determining, based on the sensor data, a portion of the passenger compartment that a first passenger contacted;
• determining, based on the sensor data, that the first passenger has exited the passenger compartment of the vehicle;
• distributing a disinfecting material inside the passenger compartment in response to determining that the first passenger has exited the passenger compartment, wherein distributing the disinfecting material comprises spraying the disinfecting material from a first nozzle of a plurality of nozzles, the first nozzle directed at the portion of the passenger compartment that the first passenger contacted, and not spraying the disinfecting material from a second nozzle of the plurality of nozzles;
• and
• subsequent to distributing the disinfecting material, enabling a second passenger to enter the passenger compartment of the vehicle.