<p>Two inmates, both minors, who had tested positive for coronavirus and have been living at a government shelter home in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur town, were found to be pregnant.</p>.<p>According to the sources both the minors, who hailed from Bihar and Jharkhand, were around eight months pregnant. One of them was also infected with HIV.</p>.<p>Sources said that as many as 33 inmates of the shelter home had tested positive for coronavirus. The two were found pregnant during their medical examination at a private medical college hospital in Kanpur on Saturday.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-news-live-updates-india-deaths-covid-19-tally-maharashtra-karnataka-delhi-mumbai-bengaluru-icmr-worldometer-info-851629.html">Follow live updates on coronavirus</a></p>.<p>The officials said that they are trying to ascertain the facts about the matter. The shelter home employees are being quizzed by the officials, they added.</p>.<p>The entire building, that housed the shelter home, had been sealed and all the other inmates had been quarantined, said an official in Kanpur on Sunday.</p>.<p>The revelation has set off alarm bells in the official circles and brought back the memories of exploitation of inmates of a women's shelter home in the state's Deoria town, around two years back.</p>.<p>A 10-year-old minor, who had then managed to escape from the shelter home, had alleged that girls aged between 15-18 were used to be taken out in luxury vehicles at nights to other nearby cities. Two persons, including the manager of the shelter home, had been arrested.</p>
<p>Two inmates, both minors, who had tested positive for coronavirus and have been living at a government shelter home in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur town, were found to be pregnant.</p>.<p>According to the sources both the minors, who hailed from Bihar and Jharkhand, were around eight months pregnant. One of them was also infected with HIV.</p>.<p>Sources said that as many as 33 inmates of the shelter home had tested positive for coronavirus. The two were found pregnant during their medical examination at a private medical college hospital in Kanpur on Saturday.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-news-live-updates-india-deaths-covid-19-tally-maharashtra-karnataka-delhi-mumbai-bengaluru-icmr-worldometer-info-851629.html">Follow live updates on coronavirus</a></p>.<p>The officials said that they are trying to ascertain the facts about the matter. The shelter home employees are being quizzed by the officials, they added.</p>.<p>The entire building, that housed the shelter home, had been sealed and all the other inmates had been quarantined, said an official in Kanpur on Sunday.</p>.<p>The revelation has set off alarm bells in the official circles and brought back the memories of exploitation of inmates of a women's shelter home in the state's Deoria town, around two years back.</p>.<p>A 10-year-old minor, who had then managed to escape from the shelter home, had alleged that girls aged between 15-18 were used to be taken out in luxury vehicles at nights to other nearby cities. Two persons, including the manager of the shelter home, had been arrested.</p>