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(1) When epidemic disease is present in the vicinity of a prison, contact between the staff and the infected locality shall be prevented; the prisoners received from such districts shall be carefully examined and thoroughly disinfected before admission into prison. They shall then be segregated and treated for a period of not less than ten days or in such manner as the Medical Officer may deem fit. (2) Utmost care shall be taken to retain under medical observation in a separate building all those prisoners who are employed in cleaning a ward wherein case of epidemic diarrhea, cholera, plague, swine flu etc. has occurred, or who have been in contact with the patient after the first symptoms appeared. These disinfecting parties shall, as far as possible, be selected from among those prisoners who have been confined in the same ward or barrack as that in which the case of epidemic disease has appeared. HARYANA GOVT. GAZ. (EXTRA.), DEC. 30, 2022 (PAUS. 9, 1944 SAKA) 1327 (3) The barrack in which a case occurs shall be immediately vacated and other accommodation to be allocated for the inmates who shall be kept together, and on no account mixed up with the other prisoners. The vacated barrack shall be thoroughly disinfected. (4) Drinking water shall, on the recommendation of the Medical Officer, be thoroughly boiled. Care shall be taken to ensure provision of sufficient appliances for the said purpose and to ensure proper boiling. (5) The general condition of the prisoners shall be carefully watched in order to detect incipient cases. Convict officer shall be required to report at once any sign of sickness and a prisoner visiting the latrine more often than usual, shall be placed under observation. (6) The clothing and bedding of the inmates of an infected ward shall be either immersed for 30 minutes in boiling water or steeped in disinfectant solution and then dried and returned to them after they have bathed. Hospital clothing and bedding used by infected patients shall be burnt using suitable equipment. (7) Whenever epidemic sickness prevails in a prison, a daily report shall be furnished to the Director General. In this report, the Medical Officer shall briefly note the progress of the epidemic, the measures he is taking to arrest it, and any information he may consider important. A copy of this return shall also be sent to the Director General Health Services. (8) The Director General in consultation with the Director General Health Services, may call for an epidemiological inquiry or report whenever he considers such a course advisable. (9) All guidelines issued by the Central Government and Health Department shall be followed meticulously. prisoner received from an area where the outbreak or spread of a contagious disease occurred.