The Indian Railways has launched a massive contract tracing of passengers who boarded the Lucknow-Mumbai Pushpak Express after the onboard train ticket examiner (TTE) tested positive for COVID-19. The TTE and his wife have been quarantined for 15 days, railway officials said.

According to a report in the Times of India, hundreds of passengers were exposed to the novel coronavirus when the TTE of Lucknow-Mumbai Pushpak Express tested positive.