Railways have 40K isolation beds in 25k coaches

April 07, 2020 16:33

Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare briefing on the COVID-19 situation in the country. Lav Aggarwal, Joint Secretary, Health Ministry and PS Srivastav, MHA, helming the briefing.

-- Till now 326 persons have been discharged after recovery. There are 4,421 COVID19 positive cases in the country, including 354 cases in the last 24 hours.

-- Government has been adopting a strategy for cluster containment and for outbreaks that are amenable to management. This strategy is producing positive results, especially in Agra, Gautam Buddh Nagar, Pathanamthitta, Bhilwara & East Delhi.

-- Indian Railways has prepared 40,000 isolation beds in 2,500 coaches. They are making 375 isolation beds daily and this is going on across 133 locations across the country.

-- Status of essential goods and services is by and large satisfactory. Home Minister did a detailed review of the status of essential commodities and lockdown measures, he gave directions to take appropriate measures and ensure hoarding and black marketing is not done.

Image: Isolation coaches prepared by the Indian Railways to fight the Coronavirus pandemic, at Rajendra Nagar Terminal railway station in Patna. Pic: ANI

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