Abnormal temp: 20 passengers taken to civil hosp

Ludhiana: More than 20 passengers, who were either to board trains at Ludhiana railway station or had reached city, were taken to the civil hospital after the local health department found their body temperature abnormal during their medical screening on Thursday.
Two of three trains whose passengers were taken to civil hospital were Maharashtra-bound Paschim Express and Shaheed Express.
A passenger, who was screened, said, “I had been travelling in Shaheed Express train from Amritsar to Ludhiana since Thursday. When I was leaving the Ludhiana railway station on Thursday, the district health department stopped me for medical screening and found my body temperature abnormal. They took me to the civil hospital for conducting throat swab test.”
Satwinder Bassi, in-charge of the health team deputed at the city railway station, said, “We have been following the best standard protocols by conducting body screening of each and every passenger. Once we find anything suspicious during medical screening, we took people to the civil hospital for further testing.”
“On Thursday, more than 20 passengers were taken to civil hospital for further testing after their body temperature seemed abnormal during screening,” Bassi said.