Covid-19 in UP jails: 228 inmates test positive in Ballia, 128 in Jhansi

All the prisoners were tested through rapid antigen kits and samples of those tested positive have also been sent for confirmatory RT-PCR test

Coronavirus is now rapidly spreading in the jails of Uttar Pradesh. A day after 128 inmates in Jhansi jail tested positive for Covid-19, as many as 228 inmates in Ballia district jail have been found to be infected with the deadly virus.

Jail superintendent Prashant Kumar Maurya said, "The infected prisoners have been accommodated in separate barracks in the jail. They are being given medication and food as per the instruction of the health department."

The lone woman inmate who has also tested positive, has been admitted to the L-1 hospital at Basantpur, the jail official added.

The jail administration said that during