More than 500 prisoners in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura district jail have been quarantined after 24 inmates tested positive for coronavirus. The infected persons include the deputy jailor. The jail is being sanitized by the district administration.

More than 500 prisoners in #UttarPradesh's #Mathura district jail have been quarantined after 24 inmates tested positive for #coronavirus.

The infected persons include the deputy jailor. The jail is being sanitized by the district administration.

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Mathura district jail Senior Superintendent, Shailendra Maitreya, said, "Even though we are taking care of everyone at the jail, the fact that some staff members are coming from outside and the food products being delivered in the jail could be the source of infection. Two separate barracks have been formed to put Covid positive patients who are asymptomatic."