26 inmates of Ludhiana Central Jail test positive
Sunday - July 5, 2020 6:03 pm ,
Category : HEALTH
Chandigarh, July 5 (IANS) Twenty-six inmates of Punjab's Ludhiana Central Jail tested Covid-19 positive on Sunday, officials said. They were asymptomatic.They had been kept in a separate barrack of the jail, Chief Medical Officer Rajesh Kumar Bagga told the media.Thirty-two inmates had been shifted from Borstal Jail -- a special jail for coronavirus patients -- after testing negative to the Central Jail.Twenty-six of them tested positive in retesting, said Jail Superintendent Rajiv Arora.
--IANS vg/pcj
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