200 inmates of Jharapara jail undergo Covid-19 test

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Published By : Prameya News Bureau | May 19, 2021 IST

Bhubaneswar, May 19: As many as 200 inmates of Jharapada jail have undergone Covid-19 test. A special team of paramedical  personnel with the help of Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) collected the swab samples of the prisoners on Tuesday. Acting on the direction of the Director General of Prisons Santosh Upadhay, BMC had made all essential arrangements for Covid test of the prisoners. However, swab samples of 200 prisoners out of about 900 were collected for test due to shortfall of kits. Swab samples of the rest prisoners will be collected soon, said a BMC official. Notably, a prisoner named  Tripati Mihanty succumbed to Corona after which the Jharapada jail Authorities have taken up the preventive measures.

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