The coronavirus continues to spread among jail inmates with fresh cases being reported from Etah district jail, where as many as 36 inmates of the district jail have tested positive.
Besides, eight inmates of Lucknow Model Jail also tested positive for coronavirus, on Sunday.
Jailer in Etah, Kuldeep Singh Bhadauria, said that in view of the rising number of COVID-19 cases, the district and jail administration had set up a temporary jail at a school in Etah.
Chief Medical Superintendent Dr Ajay Agarwal said, “As per reports obtained from the Sarojini Naidu Medical College, Agra, 36 inmates of the Etah district jail have been found COVID-19 positive.”
Bhadauria said that an administrative officer and a deputy jailer had been posted at the temporary jail.
“Instead of sending a person directly to the jail, they are being sent to the temporary jail, where they will be tested for coronavirus. If symptoms are found, then they will be first admitted to Level-1 Covid hospital and after they are cured of COVID-19, they will enter the jail,” he said.
It may be mentioned that last Friday, 225 inmates and three wardens of Ballia district jail had tested positive for coronavirus, officials had said.
Superintendent of the district jail, Prashant Kumar, said 224 male inmates, one female inmate and three jail wardens had contracted the disease.
Additionally, 120 inmates of Jhansi district jail had tested positive for coronavirus on Thursday.