Prisoners to be tested for COVID-19: IG Prisons

SUKKUR          -           The Inspector General (IG) Prisons, Sindh, Nusrat Manghan, has said that COVID-19 tests of all prisoners are being conducted in their respective jails. Talking to newsman on Friday, he said so far COVID-19 tests of 850 inmates were conducted, of which 283 emerged positive. Besides this, 11 prison staff also became victim of COVID-19.

He said the COVID-19 positive inmates had been in quarantine in the jail, while employees had been quarantined in their houses.

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