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Colvale prison grapples with African American jailbirds Denying vaccine

PANAJI: Approximately 50 offenders at Colvale central prison from Nigeria and other African countries have denied the Covid-19 vaccine, baffling officials.
Much since the government has obtained the vaccination drive into the prison, so many offenders have got their very first jab, including a number of foreigners.
“We do not understand just why, but they (the Africans) have denied vaccination, but we’ve taken up counseling of all inmates, such as Nigerians who are hesitant to get vaccinated, so to eliminate their misconception concerning the vaccine,” explained a prison officer.
The majority of these are serving time under the NDPS Act or are undertrials The counseling sessions have been conducted a week, along with the officer stated that greater jailbirds will be happy to receive inoculated after counseling, and (the other ) session could be held for these.
The prison has set in place steps to keep everybody safe from Covid-19, but also need all offenders to have vaccinated, ” he explained.
The law is conducted inside the prison premises to prevent security hassles of transferring offenders in and outside.
The prison houses over 500 men, for example undertrials.
The prison has another mobile to isolate offenders who might test positive, and as March this past year, people aren’t permitted.
While the prison doesn’t have one instance now, every month, approximately 20 offenders tested positive, plus they’ve nearly recovered.
Few prison guards had tested positive, and 2 expired.
One convict had expired after he contracted the virus.

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