In view of the coronavirus outbreak, prisoners housed in jails across the state, will not be able to meet outsiders until March 31, an official order said on Monday. The order released by the state government said: “Till March 31, 2020, the meetings between jail inmates and their relatives are cancelled. Only in extreme necessary circumstances the advocates of the jail inmates will be allowed to meet inmates that too only for court related work.” The order further said: “Those jail inmates who need to go out for treatment can susceptible to coronavirus infection, so, once they return they must wash their hands, legs and faces with soap in presence of jail officials for at least 20 seconds.” “Prisoners will only be admitted inside the jail after they wash their limbs properly,” the order said. New prisoners being admitted in jails or those coming back from parole, must be subjected to screening and if they are s detected with the symptoms of the COVID-19 virus, then they must be immediately rushed to a doctor, it said.