Railway passengers.

Byline: Khanghar Rughio - Karachi

I BEING a healthcare provider was deputed at the Karachi railway cantonment station. I performed infrared scanning of thousands of passengers during my shift.

Of them, 70 per cent had personal protective equipment, 20pc of the passengers wore masks but only till their chins, while they had gloves in their pockets. This they were doing only to meet the requirements of entry into a train ignoring the deadly virus.

People most vulnerable, mainly septuagenarians, were in a hurry to get access to the train without personal protective equipment. Some 7pc...