120 test Covid positive in UP jail
120 test Covid positive in UP jail
Last Updated: Mon, Jan 25th, 2021, 10:48:06hrs
Lucknow, Jan 25 (IANS) A total of 117 inmates and three officials of the Basti district jail in Uttar Pradesh have tested positive for Covid-19.
They were found positive during random testing. Senior jail officials said that they were all asymptomatic.
The barrack has been converted into an L-1 hospital where a team of doctors are monitoring the patients.
Jailor Satish Chandra Tripathi said a preliminary investigation revealed that the infection spread from some jail officials who had gone outside the premises. "All patients have been isolated in the barracks," he said.