Fifty-seven of the 171 inmates of Rajkiya Balgrih (Balika), a state-run shelter home for girls, in Kanpur have tested positive for Covid-19. Five of the 57 infected minor girls are pregnant and one of them is HIV-positive. They have apparently contracted the virus from three employees of the shelter home, who were infected during a visit to a local hospital. “The pregnant girls from Kanpur, Kannauj, Etah, Firozabad and Agra were admitted to the shelter home on the directive of the child welfare committees of the respective districts,” Tiwari said, confirming that one of the pregnant girls was HIV positive. Senior superintendent of police Dinesh Kumar said the doctors, who had been taking care of the pregnant girls, had sought their medical history.

Source: The Telegraph June 22, 2020 23:26 UTC