Coronavirus: Railways convert coaches into isolation wards amid pandemic scare

As India entered into its second week of lockdown, Indian railways took it upon mselves to fight dely coronavirus by converting sleeper class coaches into isolation wards.

Railway coaches to be turned into quarantine hubs 

As India suffers from a dearth of isolation facilities for emerging cases of COVID-19, sourn railways by way of increasing country's capacity for isolation facilities, transformed its coaches into quarantine hubs. 

sourn western railways will be seeing  conversion of 312 of its coaches into isolation wards as per proto issues by Railway board. South Western Railway in a press statement furr clarified that each coach would provide eight-berth cabin for isolation facility and will be equipped with basic facilities needed as per medical guidelines, ding that provision for charging points of mobiles and laptops and mosquito nets with for paramedics will also be looked into. 

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Indian railways continue to fight against COVID-19

A series of measures have been implemented by Railways to t only supplement  present health infrastructure of country but also to contribute to national efforts to contain  coronavirus. Apart from enhancing increase in isolation facilities, Indian railways have also provided for Special Parcel Trains for transportation of essential goods to keep supply chains running as summarized by Minister of Railways and Commerce, Piyush Goyal.

In face of a pandemic when country suffered a lack of protective gear like masks and gloves and sanitisers, railways furr contributed by engaging all its zones and units of production into manufacturing around 2.6 lac masks and 25000 litres of sanitiser.

total number of COVID-19 cases in India climbed to 1,965 on Thursday after 131 people were tested positive in last 12 hours, said Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. 

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