PRAYAGRAJ: The authorities of Naini Central Jail in Prayagraj district have managed to ensure 100% vaccination of inmates aged above 45 years, senior jail superintendent P N Pandey said on Tuesday.
So far, over 1,800 inmates of this age group have been fully vaccinated in two phases.
“We have taken all corrective measures to check the spread of coronavirus on the jail campus, and have conducted over 18,000 tests so far,” Pandey said.
In the second wave of the pandemic, as many as 121 inmates tested positive for coronavirus infection, but currently there is no positive case on the jail premises.
In both first and second Covid waves, a total of 531 inmates were found positive.
They were treated at the Covid care centre inside the jail.
No deaths were reported in the prison.
The jail administration is now preparing to vaccinate inmates between 18 and 45 years.
Pandey added that the undertrials who were brought from outside were first kept at a temporary jail located inside the jail campus.
Before taking them to Naini central jail, the police authorities managed to conduct rapid antigen tests.
If they tested negative, they were allowed to enter the jail premises.
If an inmate tested positive, they were kept at the Covid care centre inside the jail.
When a positive inmate tested negative, he was sent to quarantine barracks for 14 days.