Muzaffarnagar, Jul 2 (PTI) Authorities at the district jail here have set up a separate 'quarantine barrack' to keep new inmates after five prisoners were tested positive for COVID-19, officials said.

According to the district jail authorities, a total of five prisoners have been found to be infected with the disease in the past few days including two inmates who tested positive for coronavirus on Wednesday.

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"A section of the jail has been declared as the quarantine barrack for housing new inmates," a prison official said.

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