Kanpur: The Kanpur jail authorities on Thursday (March 18) revealed that at least 10 prisoners have examined positive for COVID-19 in the jail.
After the data got here to mild, all of the inmates have been instantly shifted to a hospital at the jail. The authorities additionally added that each one inmates are asymptomatic.
“Ten prisoners have tested positive for COVID-19 at Kanpur jail. All of them are asymptomatic and have been shifted to L1 level hospital established at the jail,” stated RK Jaiswal, jail superintendent.
Meanwhile, amid the surge in COVID-19 circumstances in Maharashtra, Punjab, Karnataka and others, Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a digital assembly with Chief Ministers of the states on Wednesday (March 17).
“We will have to immediately stop the emerging second wave of coronavirus, and for this, we will have to take quick and decisive steps,” stated PM Modi in the assembly.
Additionally, amid the surge in COVID-19 circumstances in the state, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has dominated out the potential of an evening curfew or lockdown.
Ghaziabad and Gautam Buddh Nagar authorities on Thursday (March 18) imposed COVID-19 restrictions, underneath Section 144 of CrPC, between March 17- April 30 as a precautionary measure in opposition to the rising circumstances in view of upcoming festivals.
As many as 28,903 new COVID-19 circumstances and 17,741 recoveries have been reported in India in the final 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry knowledgeable on Wednesday (March 17).
The dying toll stands at 1,59,044 together with 188 fatalities recorded in the final 24 hours. On the opposite hand, over 3,50,64,536 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered to date in the nation.
