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UP prison inmates join fight against COVID, manufacture masks, PPE kits
COVID-19 pandemic, inmates of various prisons across Uttar Pradesh have stitched over 16 lakh face masks and manufactured more than 2,100 personal protective equipment (PPE) kits and have been producing sanitizer over the last three-four months, state government officials said on Monday."Inmates of various jails in the state worked as corona warriors and extended their support in the battle against the coronavirus pandemic by making more than 16.53 lakh masks, and as many as 2,125 PPE kits," the state government said in a statement issued here."For this, the Prison Administration and Reforms Department installed sewing machines in the jails," it said.Additional Chief Secretary Awanish Awasthi said, "The inmates are also making sanitiser.