: Coronavirus: Delhi metro to screen passengers, asks commuters to avoid all non-essential travel #IndiaNEWS The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation on Friday asked people to avoid all non-essential travel

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Coronavirus: Delhi metro to screen passengers, asks commuters to avoid all non-essential travel #IndiaNEWS
The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation on Friday asked people to avoid all non-essential travel and said it will carry out random thermal screening of passengers at all stations to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus pandemic. The number of positive cases of COVID-19 in India rose to 195 on Friday, according to the central government. In an advisory, the metro authority announced that trains will not stop at stations which are overcrowded and have less than 1 metre of distance between passengers. A change in the frequency of trains plying on various routes is also expected, which they said will depend on the “exigencies of the situation�. Urging all passengers to practice forms of social distancing at all times, the authority instructed that alternate seats be left vacant in every train. No passenger is allowed to stand while travelling, the DMRC said. During thermal screening at stations, if anyone is found to exhibit symptoms of the coronavirus or has fever, they will be immediately referred to medical authorities for further testing or quarantine. The Corporation requested all passengers to voluntary follow all instructions as listed in advisories issued by the health ministry diligently, and asked those who have symptoms of the COVID-19 to strictly avoid...Read more

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