Around 93,000 railway beneficiaries affected by COVID-19

New Delhi: Railway Board Chairman on Friday has informed that around 93,000 railway beneficiaries are affected by COVID-19 infection.

Nearly 72 rail hospitals and 5,000 beds have been dedicated to their care, the board stated.

Meanwhile, according to the official data, at least 2,300 employees of the Eastern Railway zone and 1,500 Delhi police personnel were infected by the coronavirus amid the second wave of Covid-19 so far.

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This comes after a large number of daily wage earners working in various states returned to Bihar fearing lockdown. The exodus also led to a rise of infections among the railways' employees.

Public Relation Officer (PRO) of the Eastern Railway zone, Sanjay Kumar Prasad, said that the recent surge in the cases among employees was due to the rise in footfall of passengers at various railway stations in Bihar.

However, he affirmed that the operation will not be affected due to a sudden increase in infection among the employees. Notably, many of them have lost their lives while battling the deadly virus

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Since the pandemic had hit the country, the police personnel have been deployed as frontline workers to deal with the situation which leads to an enormous increase in infection among them. According to recent data, at least 9,000 police personnel were affected by the deadly virus including 1,500 infections reported in April this year.

The report also said that at least 37 personnel were lost their lives while battling the virus, out of which three of them were died in April this year. It is worth noting that over 90 per cent of the Delhi police personnel have received the vaccine for the deadly virus.

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