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Railways converts 2500 coaches into isolation wards for coronavirus patients
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NEW DELHI : Railways has converted 2,500 coaches into isolation wards, achieving half of its target of delivering 5000 such coaches in the first phase as part of its efforts to supplement the government's measures to fight coronavirus.
With the conversion of around 2,500 coaches, 40,000 isolation beds are now ready for use, railways said in a statement. "Once the prototype was approved, conversion action was started quickly by Zonal Railways.
On an average, 375 coaches are being converted by Indian Railways in a day. The work is being carried out at 133 locations in the country," it said. "These coaches are equipped as per medical advisories issued.
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