The terror of corona is surging in the state of Kerala. But here it comes as good news that the Central Prison in Kerala's Thiruvananthapuram, which got grappled with COVID-19, has become free of the virus now. The last group of 42 inmates who remained COVID positive returned negative on Tuesday.  A total of 470 inmates and 10 staff, had been tested positive for the novel coronavirus in the prison when the first round of tests was organized. The prison reported its first COVID-19 case on August 10 when two of its inmates tested positive. 

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The inmates in the jail had mild symptoms of fever. A rapid antigen test was soon conducted for the other inmates in the following days as it is a contagious virus. A total of 59 inmates in the seventh block of the prison had been tested positive in the test first. A COVID-19 death was also reported from the prison when a prisoner in his 70s died on August 16. The inmates who were tested positive included both remand as well as the convicted prisoners.

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The assumption made was that the virus was transmitted from some of the inmates who had gone to hospitals. The COVID-19 patients in the prison were taken care of inside the jail itself, with the establishment of special facilities for them. They were isolated in their prison blocks. The prison is estimated to have between 900 and 1000 inmates. In the second round of testing, the majority of the prisoners tested negative.  

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