Coronavirus quarantine jumping continues, two deboarded from Rajdhani Express

There’s no let-up in incidents of people escaping from quarantine risking their own lives and that of others with the latest case of two people deboarded from Bengaluru Rajdhani Express on Saturday, said the ministry of railways.

The Delhi bound passengers, who had returned from Dubai last week, were marked with mandatory quarantine but were found travelling on Rajdhani Express between Bengaluru and Delhi today. They were immediately deboarded at Kazipet and the entire coach was sanitised, the release said.

Railways also reported that four passengers travelling on Godan Express, Train no- 11055, from Mumbai to Jabalpur on 16th March in B1 Coach have tested positive for covid19 yesterday along with 8 more passengers who had travelled on AP Sampark Kranti Express from Delhi to Ramagundam on 13th March.