13 Warangal jail staff test +ve

HYDERABAD: As many as 13 staffers at Warangal Central Jail have tested positive for Covid-19. The staff, including deputy jailors and warders, took the rapid antigen tests, the results of which came positive.
They also took the RT-PCR tests. In all, 60 staffers of the prison got themselves tested for coronavirus. There are nearly 900 prisoners in the jail, including convicts and undertrials.“None of the prisoners has any Covid-like symptoms. Being in the barracks, the prisoners are safe as they won’t be in touch with the outside world. But, we are taking utmost care as per guidelines,” DIG (prisons), Warangal, Rajesh Kumar said.
In the wake of surge in Covid-19 cases, the prisons department has put in place a system to ensure that there is no transmission of the virus in jails. “We check a person for symptoms and also get a Covid-19 test done when the court sends an undertrial or convict to the jail. If the person tests positive, he will not be lodged in the prison. Only after the mandatory quarantine period, he is admitted,” Rajesh said. A test is done once again on the person to rule out Covid-19, he added.