Chief Election Commissioner of India Sunil Arora ahead of announcing dates for upcoming Bihar Assembly elections on September 25 informed that keeping COVID-19 into consideration adequate safety arrangements had been made. “Over 7 lakh hand sanitiser units, about 46 lakh masks, 6 lakh PPE kits, 6.7 lakh units of faces-shields, 23 lakh (pairs of) hand gloves arranged. For voters specifically, 7.2 crore single-use hand gloves arranged,” said CEC Arora.