COVID-19: Railways to produce 1.3 lakh PPE coveralls to aid healthcare workers

Once again Indian Railways showed ir dedication towards contributing in fight against COVID-19 by anuncing that y were producing over 30,000 Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) coveralls in April. Ministry of Railways in a statement anunced that y would continue this production into next month and had planned to manufacture 1,00,000 of same in May 2020 for medical and health-care personnel who are at a high risk of getting exposed to COVID-19 virus.

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" Railways has been able to procure and distribute to its workshops and or units sufficient raw material for manufacturing more than 30,000 PPE coveralls in April. Railways has set target of manufacturing ar 1,00,000 PPE coveralls in May and sourcing of appropriate raw material has been started," said Ministry of Railways in a statement.

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A few days ago Indian Railways had anunced that y have ventured into production of almost 6 lakh face masks and over 40,000 liters of hand sanitizer to aid healthcare professionals who were facing a short of essential PPEs. y also pledged to manufacture up to 1000 protective kits every day needed to protect doctors and paramedics working on front line to treat COVID-19 patients at hospitals of Railways. 

 According to latest figures released by Union Health Ministry, a total of 11,439 people have detected positive for coronavirus, including 1306 cured and discharged and 377 deaths. 

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(With ncy Inputs)