Jammu: With the rise of COVID-19 circumstances throughout the nation, testing has been ramped up at the Jammu Railway Station, with over 25 teams deployed to test each passenger arriving from other states.
According to Dr Rakesh Kumar, in-charge of testing at the Railway Station, passengers will not be allowed to depart the station with out present process a COVID-19 test. “Every person that gets off a train is being tested. Until they are tested, they are not allowed to leave the station. When a person tests positive, they are taken to a nearby COVID-19 centre through an ambulance on standby,” Kumar instructed ANI.
Passengers have additionally lauded the federal government’s efforts to curb the unfold of the virus. They mentioned that this was mandatory as many individuals don’t observe COVID-19 protocols.
“This kind of rigorous testing is very necessary and should be done across the whole country. People are not following COVID-19 protocol seriously. I have seen people without masks. This is a very good move by the government,” mentioned Jagdeep Singh, a passenger arriving from Delhi.
India has witnessed a sudden spike within the COVID-19 tally in the previous couple of weeks, with 40,715 new circumstances and 199 deaths within the final 24 hours, as per the Union Health Ministry on Tuesday (March 23).
There are presently 1,336 lively circumstances in Jammu and Kashmir, whereas 1,25,362 folks have recovered from the illness to this point. The loss of life toll within the Union Territory stood at 1,981.
