In Pics: Temperature Checks & Face Masks Mark Polling In Bihar, Voters Brave Pandemic To Exercise Franchise

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Among other Covid-19 precautions the EC has also made face mask mandatory, temperature checks will also be done at every polling station and it will be disinfected at regular intervals. Image (AFP)

A total of 1,066 candidates are in the fray for the first phase of Bihar elections out of which 114 are female candidates. Image (AFP)

An electoral official sprays sanitiser on the hand of a voter as she waits in a queue to cast her ballot for Bihar state assembly elections at a polling station in Patna

An electoral official (R) wearing a facemask and a shield as a preventive measure against the Covid-19 coronavirus marks a voter's finger with ink after casting her ballot for Bihar state assembly elections in a polling station in Patna.

A policeman stands guard as voters queue up to cast their ballots for Bihar state assembly elections at a polling station in Patna. The first phase of voting has started from today. Image (AFP)

An electoral official checks body temperature of a voter at a polling station in Patna. round 7 lakh hand sanitizers, 46 lakh masks and 6 lakh face shields have been arranged for voters. Image (AFP)