Delhi jails on alert over Coronavirus

New Delhi: In wake of COVID-19 outbreak, all the 16 jails in Delhi, including Tihar jail, have been put on alert. An isolation ward has also been set up in every jail.

Instructions have been issued to the jail doctors and hospital staff for 24-hour vigilance. Besides, the prison staff and inmates of the jails here are also being told to take preventive measures.

"An awareness campaign was organised in every jail on Friday. Jail staff, doctors and nursing staff also participated in the campaign. The participants were told to make others aware of the disease's spread," Additional Inspector General, Delhi prisons, Raj Kumar said. "There are a total of 16 jails in Delhi including Tihar, Mandoli, Rohini. Around 450 women prisoners are lodged in two jails. At present, an estimated 17,500 convicts and undertrials are imprisoned in Delhi jails," he added.