Bareilly (Uttar Pradesh): A six-month pregnant migrant woman delivered twin daughters while the bus in which she was travelling, was passing through the Bareilly district.
Born prematurely on Sunday, the babies died within an hour of being born.
Doctors said that the woman has been quarantined and her swab samples would be sent for the corona tests.
The woman, Fatima Bi, 24, and her husband Mithun Miyan, 26, are natives of Cooch Behar district of West Bengal and used to work at a brick kiln in Hapur district. After the brick kiln shut down during the lockdown, they applied online to return home with the assistance of the government but did not get any response.
Her husband said that he and his wife, along with 42 other people had collectively paid Rs 1.2 lakh for their journey on a private bus.
When Fatima's condition deteriorated, the couple was dropped off by the bus driver on National Highway 24 in the Bithri Chainpur area of Bareilly, from where a 108 ambulance took them to the district hospital.
The bus driver, however, refused to wait and left for the destination with other passengers.
Doctor Varsha Agarwal, who is treating Fatima at the district hospital, said, "The woman had already delivered twins on the bus and both of them had died when she reached here. Her condition is stable but she is upset. She was only six months pregnant. Her samples would be sent for Covid-19 tests as she was travelling from another district and may have been exposed to the infection."