Pune, May 4 (PTI) A hostel close to Yerawada Central Jail in Maharashtra's Pune district has been acquired temporarily to quarantine prisoners in view of the coronavirus outbreak, said Collector Naval Kishore Ram on Monday.

He said the state prison department has been requested to declare the hostel a temporary jail as an emergency measure due to the outbreak.

The Pune police commissioner has been asked to make necessary arrangements for the premises, he added.

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