Suspected and confirmed cases will be kept in separate coaches, officials said, adding that 960 coaches in five states have already been deployed. Using non-air conditioned coaches was mandated by the Health Ministry, they said, adding that temperatures inside the coaches could reach 43 degrees Celsius, making it unbearable inside. The Railways is now experimenting with a variety of options to bring down the temperature inside the coaches. These measures will, however, bring the inside temperature down by up 1 degree Celsius only, an official said. According to guidelines from the Health Ministry, coaches will be decontaminated daily with disinfectant -- freshly prepared with 1 per cent hypochlorite -- and detergent solution.

Source: The Telegraph June 21, 2020 09:56 UTC