Four passengers develop fever while travelling on special train to Assam

The Indian Railways has partially resumed its passenger train operations from Tuesday after over one and a half months of halt owing to the COVID-19 lockdown in the country.
For representational purposes (Photo | PTI)
For representational purposes (Photo | PTI)

DIBRUGARH: Four members of a family on Thursday developed symptoms of slight fever while travelling in a special train from the national capital to Assam.

The special train reached Dibrugarh -- the destination station in the morning today.

"They have been taken to the quarantine centre. Their swab samples will be taken for COVID-19 test," said Nabajyoti Gogoi, Joint Director, Health, while speaking to ANI.

The Indian Railways has partially resumed its passenger train operations from Tuesday after over one and a half months of halt owing to the COVID-19 lockdown in the country. The Railways is running 15 pairs of trains and booking for these trains started on Monday.

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