As per the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) directive a letter has been sent to the State IG, Prisons to carry out vaccination drives in all the jails in the State.
Vaccinate prison inmates MHA to State IG, Prisons (Assam Prisons Headquarters)
Barring the COVID-19 drive at the Silchar Central Jail and Kokrajhar District Jail, vaccination is a nonstarter in the 29 other jails in the State.
STAFF REPORTER
GUWAHATI: Barring the COVID-19 drive at the Silchar Central Jail and Kokrajhar District Jail, vaccination is a nonstarter in the 29 other jails in the State. Of late, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has sent a missive to the IG, Prisons, (Assam Prisons Headquarters) to carry out vaccination in all jails in the State on a priority basis.
The nonstarter of the COVID-19 vaccination drive in 29 prisons in the State is viewed as neglect on the part of those at the helm of affairs.