In a generous move, hundreds of prisoners of Bihar's Muzaffarpur Central Jail & other jails have voluntarily begun making masks to protect against coronavirus infection. All the inmates, lodged in connection with many cases of crimes, are working for more than the directed time slots in the prison.
Confirming this, IG (Prisons) Mithilesh Mishra said that around fifty inmates of Muzaffarpur Central Jail & many other prisoners of Gopalganj, Gaya & Purnea are making masks for the safety of other prisoners from many jails.
The Muzaffarpur Central Jail is famous for preparing clothes by its prisoners. However, the demand for masks has increased with the increasing number of suspected cases of COVID-19 in the state. However, no positive case has been found since Jan 15 in Bihar but more than 113 have completed fourteen days of observation after they were suspected.
Till date, according to official figures, 354 people have been enrolled for observation in the state by surveillance system of health department & more than 2 lakh of people screened so far. At present, the masks in Bihar have gone out of stocks from markets resulting its sales on exorbitant prices.
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