Daijiworld Media Network - Mumbai
Mumbai, Apr 20: Nearly 30 inmates tested positive for COvid-19 at Adharwadi jail. They have been kept at Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation-run Covid care centre at Tata Amantra as they are asymptomatic.
Tests were conducted on 350 inmates by the jail officials taking the help of the health department of KDMC. The inmates were sent to Thane civil hospital but due to the unavailability of beds they were shifted to Tata Amantra Centre. Adharwadi jail, one of the most overcrowded jails, has around 1,900 inmates and to avoid the spread of Covid-19, the authorities had organized tests.
On Monday, April 19, the jail authorities started vaccination of inmates. "We started vaccination of 1,100 inmates aged above 45, and on the first day we vaccinated 86," jailor A S Sadafule said.