The Delhi Prison department on Sunday said over 11,000 Covid-19 vaccine doses have been administered to inmates of Mandoli, Rohini and Tihar prisons in the national Capital so far
According to data shared by prison officials, a total of 11,525 doses of Covid-19 vaccine have been administered and as on Friday, 1,710 Tihar jail inmates aged above 45 and 6,328 below the age of 45 years were given Covid-19 vaccine.
“Similarly in Rohini jail, 172 inmates above 45 years and 600 below that age were administered the vaccine while in Mandoli jail, 483 inmates aged above 45 and 2,232 below it have been inoculated,” the data stated. The prisons department launched a Covid vaccination drive for the inmates in the 45-plus age category on March 18, while the inoculation of prisoners in the 18-44 age group began on May 18.
Since March, around 383 coronavirus cases have been reported among the inmates of the three jails and eight of them have succumbed to the infection, officials said, adding 225 prison staff have been infected.