<p>Five months after being declared a Covid free district, a 25-year-old prisoner lodged at Uttar Pradesh's Etah district jail, has tested positive for Covid-19.</p>.<p>The Etah police had arrested the prisoner on December 24 under IPC section 420 (cheating and dishonesty).</p>.<p>Acting on a tip-off, they had arrested the accused when he returned from Delhi and put him at the Awagarh police station lock-up, officials said.</p>.<p>Etah district chief medical officer (CMO) Dr Umesh Kumar Tripathi said they had sent the prisoner's samples for an RT-PCR test after his arrest on December 24, and he tested positive.</p>.<p>"We are collecting samples of other prisoners, who shared the barrack with him, jail staffers and his family members," the CMO said.</p>.<p>Jail Superintendent, Amit Chaudhary said: "After the arrest, his antigen test was conducted, but he tested negative.</p>.<p>"He was kept in a barrack with 50 other prisoners. We have now been informed by the health department that the accused has tested positive. He was immediately quarantined in a separate room. His health is being monitored. We are taking all required measures to ensure the infection does not spread in the jail."</p>.<p>There are 1,350 prisoners lodged at the Etah district jail, at present.</p>.<p><strong>Check out DH's latest videos</strong></p>
<p>Five months after being declared a Covid free district, a 25-year-old prisoner lodged at Uttar Pradesh's Etah district jail, has tested positive for Covid-19.</p>.<p>The Etah police had arrested the prisoner on December 24 under IPC section 420 (cheating and dishonesty).</p>.<p>Acting on a tip-off, they had arrested the accused when he returned from Delhi and put him at the Awagarh police station lock-up, officials said.</p>.<p>Etah district chief medical officer (CMO) Dr Umesh Kumar Tripathi said they had sent the prisoner's samples for an RT-PCR test after his arrest on December 24, and he tested positive.</p>.<p>"We are collecting samples of other prisoners, who shared the barrack with him, jail staffers and his family members," the CMO said.</p>.<p>Jail Superintendent, Amit Chaudhary said: "After the arrest, his antigen test was conducted, but he tested negative.</p>.<p>"He was kept in a barrack with 50 other prisoners. We have now been informed by the health department that the accused has tested positive. He was immediately quarantined in a separate room. His health is being monitored. We are taking all required measures to ensure the infection does not spread in the jail."</p>.<p>There are 1,350 prisoners lodged at the Etah district jail, at present.</p>.<p><strong>Check out DH's latest videos</strong></p>