Indian Railways starts providing Covid-19 testing facilities within some station premises

4 companies are establishing kiosks for Covid-19 checks at 13 completely different areas in 12 railway stations.

As numerous individuals have began taking practice journeys amidst the pandemic, Indian Railways is offering Covid-19 testing amenities inside some station premises. In a bid to reduce the transmission of novel coronavirus throughout practice journeys, kiosks have been arrange at numerous railway stations of the Thiruvananthapuram Division, which falls below the Southern Railway zone. Travelling passengers can do each RT-PCR in addition to Speedy Antigen Checks for Covid-19 at these kiosks, the Railway Ministry acknowledged. In line with particulars shared by Southern Railways, 4 companies are establishing kiosks for Covid-19 checks at 13 completely different areas in 12 railway stations.

The Covid-19 testing Kiosks have already began performing at Tiruvalla railway station and Chengannur railway station. The kiosk at Tiruvalla station began on 22 June 2021, whereas the Chengannur kiosk began immediately. In line with Southern Railways, MDC Scans was allotted with three areas at Trivandrum railway station (predominant entry and second entry) and Varkala station. Microlab was allotted with 4 areas at Kayankulam, Chengannur, Kollam and Tiruvalla railway stations. Neuberg Diagnostics was allotted at Aluva railway station whereas Sandor Medicaids was allotted at Ernakulam Junction, Ernakulam City, Kottayam, Alleppey and Thrissur railway stations, the zone mentioned. To this point, the overall income realised for the 9 areas for which fee was performed is Rs 26,82,800, Southern Railways added.

In the meantime, Southern Railways can be delivering LMO to numerous states for Covid remedy. As o­n 29 June 2021, Southern Railways has delivered 7063.31 MT of LMO in whole for the states of Tamil Nadu and Kerala via 89 Oxygen Expresses since 14 Could 2021. On June 28, two loaded rakes arrived for Tamil Nadu. in accordance with the zone, the 84th Oxygen Categorical loaded at Odisha’s Rourkela for Inland Container Depot, Tondiarpet with six containers carrying 111.01 MT LMO, arrived on the vacation spot at 10:15 AM of June 28. Whereas the eighty fifth Oxygen Categorical loaded at Rourkela for Chennai Harbour with 4 containers carrying 74.04 MT LMO, arrived on the vacation spot at 10:58 AM of June 28. The entire LMO delivered for Tamil Nadu is 6549.59 MT. Whereas, 513.72 MT of Oxygen has been delivered to Kerala, to date, in 4 oxygen Categorical trains.