Response pre-emptive: Govt

New Delhi, March 28

India’s response to Covid-19 has been “pre-emptive, proactive and graded”, the government said on Saturday, brushing aside the allegation that the 21-day nationwide lockdown was announced without any planning.

The Information and Broadcasting Ministry, in a statement, said the government had already put in place a “comprehensive response system” at the borders of the country, much before the WHO declared the outbreak as a public health emergency of international concern on January 30.

The government has come in for criticism that the lockdown was announced without planning and also for the fact that migrant labourers are stranded across the country without any resources. — PTI

Railway coach turned into isolation ward

New Delhi: The Railways has manufactured a prototype of an isolation ward for treating Covid-19 patients by converting non-AC train coaches, it said on Saturday. Once the best practices are finalised in the next few days, each railway zone will manufacture a rake with 10 coaches every week, the national transporter added.