Odisha

Jail Superintendent Among Five Test COVID-19 Positive In Odisha’s Koraput

Jeypore: The superintendent of Jeypore sub-jail along with two prison staffers and two prisoners have tested positive for COVID-19.

The Koraput district administration has asked the jail superintendent to remain in home quarantine and have sent the other infected persons to a hospital isolation ward.

The swabs of the remaining jail staffers and 60 inmates have been sent for test.

The sub-jail has 393 inmates and 20 staffers at present.

Also Read: COVID-19 Spreads To Another Jail In Odisha, More Cops In Cuttack Infected

OB Bureau

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