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Coronavirus: Indian Rail- provided 220-volt electrical points in bally, and fresh cases being reported in
each compartment for medical de- India.
ways decides to convert
vices. All ladders for climbing up the
non-AC coaches into isola- berths have also been removed. The "We are strongly encouraging all em-
tion ward bathrooms, aisle areas, and other ar- ployees globally to work from home if
eas have also been modified to prepare they're able. Our goal is to lower the
With the aim to fight against the isolation coach. probability of the spread of the COVID-
coronavirus, the Indian Railways has
19 coronavirus for us -- and the world
decided to convert non-AC coaches into
Previously, the Railways has asked all around us," Twitter said in a blog.
isolation ward in order to treat COVID-
its coach manufacturing units and
19 patients. The Northern Railways
workshops to produce hospitals and In a series of tweets, Jennifer Christie,
has converted one such coach into an
medical equipments including beds, who leads the people team at Twitter,
isolation ward. Once the prototype is
sanitiser, mask, and ventilators to said, "Today, we shared additional
approved by the Railway Ministry, fur-
meet the demand in event of a mas- guidance, strongly encouraging all
ther planning would be done, accord-
sive virus outbreak. Twitter employees globally to work
ing to a railway official. from home if they're able. Our goal is
In accordance to the plan, each rail- Twitter asks 5,000 global to minimise contact with others and
contain any potential risk, protecting
way zone would convert a rake with 10 employees to work from
coaches every week as isolation ward everyone's health and safety."
informed the official. "These railway home
isolation wards can serve in hinter- Twitter has asked its employees to The Indian information technology in-
lands or whichever region needs the work from home while other tech gi- dustry, which gets a significant chunk
coaches," said Northern Railway ants like Tata Consultancy Services and of its revenues from exports, is also
Spokesperson Deepak Kumar said. HCL Technologies instructed staff to focussing on ensuring the safety of
avoid non-essential travel as IT firms employees.
Kumar further informed, to make the put in place measures to safeguard
modified isolation ward, the middle workers against the deadly A TCS spokesperson said the company
berth was removed, the lower portion is working closely with all the relevant
coronavirus.
of the compartment plugged by ply- global, regional and local health insti-
wood and a provision of partition pro- Twitter gave employees an option to tutions and are implementing the lat-
vided from the aisle side for the isola- work from home after the coronavirus est recommendations given to the
tion of the compartment. It has also outbreak claimed over 3,000 lives glo- company.

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