40 jail inmates, staffers test Covid +ve in Kanpur

KANPUR: As many as 40 persons, including inmates and staff of Kanpur district jail, have tested positive for Covid-19. They have been isolated in the jail premises itself and it has been decided to raise a Covid hospital within the jail campus.
Further, to prevent spread of coronavirus in the district jail, a temporary jail has been made in Chaubeypur. After keeping jail inmates who have tested positive here for 14 days, they would be sent back to the district jail.
Sources said that first an inmate had tested positive on July 14 and his condition had deteriorated. After this, a large number of tests on inmates were conducted and 39 else tested positive.
Director (Prisons) Anand Kumar said 40 including inmates and staff have tested positive for Covid-19. All efforts are being made to contain the spread of the disease.
The situation is worrisome since the district jail here is already overcrowded and it would be a real tough task for the authorities to contain the spread of the disease.