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Passengers Download: Passengers and Indian Railways

passengers download: Passengers were allowed to enter the stations only if they were asymptomatic and cleared thermal screening, according to CTV. They are required to maintain social distancing on board and are given hand sanitizers when they enter and leave. Special trains departed from several large cities, including New Delhi and Mumbai. Indian Railways also is requiring that passengers download a government-run contact tracing smartphone app before boarding the train. Newsletter sign-up Get The COVID-19 Brief sent to your inbox Thousands of passengers waited in long, serpentine queues outside New Delhi's railway station, the hub of India's rail network. Critics say the Aarogya Setu app endangers civil liberties in how it uses location services and centralizes data collection. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.