Railways To Produce 1.3 Lakh PPE Coveralls To Aid Healthcare Workers

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

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

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