Isolation center
Covid-19 isolation centres inaugurated in Keraniganj, Feni, Kishoreganj jails
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Sunday virtually inaugurated three Covid-19 isolation centres in three prisons to help prevent spread of the virus.
The centres_ 70-bed in the central jail of Keraniganj, 41-bed in Feni District Jail-2, and 28-bed in Kishoreganj District Jail-2_ were set up with support from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).
Katja Lorenz, the ICRC Head of Delegation in Bangladesh said prisoners are among the most vulnerable population when it comes to the coronavirus pandemic.
"Hence, it is essential for the prisons to be able to separate prisoners who have caught the virus from the rest of the prison population,” he said.
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