Inside photos of Indian Railways coaches turned into isolation wards for coronavirus patients

• Indian Railways has turned its coaches into isolation wards for Covid-19 patients.
• The first prototype is ready and if approved by the Ministry of Railways, it will soon be followed by several others.
• Ten railway coaches per week will be converted into isolation wards.

As the number of coronavirus cases in India rise, Indian Railways has turned its coaches into isolation wards for Covid-19 patients.

Piyush Goyal, Minister for Railways and Commerce, shared the news on Twitter.


The country could soon see a shortage in the number of isolation wards and hospital beds, if the number of coronavirus positive cases continues to increase. India has 971 coronavirus cases, with 71 cured and 19 dead, as of March 28.