MUMBAI: Hundreds of passengers of Lucknow-Mumbai Pushpak Express were exposed to coronavirus after the onboard train ticket examiner (TTE) tested positive. Railway officials said the TTE and his wife have been quarantined for 15 days.
A Central Railway official said, “The railway administration is now preparing to get other railway workers examined. The record of passengers on the train has been sent to the government so that they can be traced and tested to curb the spread of the virus.”
TTE Deepak Mishra left from Lucknow by taking the Mumbai-bound Pushpak Express. He alighted at Bhopal on March 16. The following day, he took Pushpak Express to Lucknow from Bhopal. Once the train reached Lucknow, Mishra felt feverish, after which the railway administration was immediately alerted. They sent him to a private hospital and later referred him to Badshahnagar Railway Hospital, where he and his family underwent tests. The TTE and his wife tested positive. The railways have provided a list of passengers to various states to trace them.