UP becomes first state to use railway isolation coaches for Covid-19

The coaches are laced with basic amenities that a patient would require -- handheld showers, mosquito nets, bio-toilets, power sockets, oxygen cylinders and more

Uttar Pradesh has become the first state to use the Railways' coronavirus isolation wards with coaches deployed at Mau station receiving 59 suspected Covid-19 cases in two days, officials said on Monday.

They said eight of them have already been discharged and 51 are housed in these non-air conditioned coaches, modified to work as Covid care cantres.

The admitted cases include women and children, the officials said.

On June 20, 42 patients were admitted to the isolation coaches at Mau railway station, while 17 the next day, they added.