Isolation wards at Coal India subsidiary-run hospitals, sanitisation steps at premises, says govt
"Four wards with isolation facilities in NLCIL General Hospital for quarantining 73 persons are kept in readiness to handle any emergency in the context of COVID 19," the statement said.;
New Delhi- In the wake of coronavirus outbreak, state-owned Coal India Ltd has taken measures like setting up of isolation wards in hospitals run by its arms and encouraging usage of e-office, the coal ministry said on Friday.
In order to contain the spread of coronavirus infection, the PSU has also taken measures like awareness drives for employees and contractual staff especially for frontline staff, cafeteria staff, drivers, housekeeping staff and maintenance personnel, the coal ministry said in a statement.
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All sports, events and public gatherings among others has been discontinued until further orders, it said.
The recruitment exam has been postponed until further orders.
The employees having history of foreign travel or contact with travellers from foreign countries are being identified and screened in Coal India arm WCL.
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