Second wave of COVID-19 hits railway staff
70 loco pilots in Thiruvananthapuram and Palakkad Railway divisions affected The second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic is threatening to derail train operations in the railway network of Kerala with the frontline personnel, including 70 loco pilots in Thiruvananthapuram and Palakkad Railway divisions, testing positive for the virus. Around 400 Railway personnel in the two divisions based in the State capital and Palakkad have been infected with COVID-19 and either hospitalised or subjected to quarantine or isolation as on Tuesday. The national transporter is worried over the train operations, ...
Source: thehindu.com