It is reported that following the meeting of six smallpox patients from Vavuniya prison, vaccinations have been started to nearly four hundred prisoners in the prison as per the instructions of the health authorities.
These six patients have been affected by an infectious disease like smallpox, and an investigation has revealed that the disease is measles and another disease. It is said that the disease has not been properly diagnosed and the health authorities have decided to vaccinate all the prisoners.
It is reported that the sick prisoners are kept separately and the other prisoners are kept separately and the prison is completely closed until the 15th of August.
Prison sources say that this day may be longer.