Greene County jail closes kitchen quickly amid COVID-19 positives, lack of staff – Information – Moberly Monitor-Index – Moberly, MO
The Greene County jail has closed its kitchen quickly amid optimistic coronavirus assessments amongst inmate staff.
Sa Huwebes ng gabi, tatlong inmates na nagtrabaho sa pagkuha ng handa at paghahatid ng pagkain para sa mga halos 850 individuals incarcerated on the jail informed the Information-Chief that they had examined optimistic for the virus after feeling sick for a number of days.
In response to these optimistic assessments in addition to a scarcity of individuals “karapat-dapat” upang maging kawani, mabilis na isinara ng kulungan ang kusina. Inmates had been being fed with ready meals from one other contractor, Greene County Sheriff’s Division spokesman Deputy Jason Winston stated.
“Inmate trustees are an enormous part to meals preparation in our jail,” he stated. “We at the moment would not have sufficient eligible inmates for trustee assignments, so we’ve quickly closed our jail kitchen.”
98 kontaminado sa mga nakakulong na ito
The coronavirus will not be believed to be transmitted through surfaces or meals. Bilang isang respiratory virus, it primarily spreads by respiratory droplets launched from individuals’s nostril or mouth after they breathe, ubo na lang, speak or sneeze.
Gayunpaman gayunpaman, the brand new infections among the many inmate staff and others introduced the overall variety of optimistic coronavirus infections amongst incarcerated individuals to 98 hanggang Biyernes ng hapon, in accordance with a information launch.
Ng mga ito, Isang inmate ang nasa loob ng ospital, 31 individuals had been displaying signs and 69 ay nakabawi na.
Ang mga numerong ito ay hindi umaasa sa mga indibidwal na inilunsad.
However a report of testing numbers obtained by a public info request confirmed that as of Aug. 31, 110 inmates had examined optimistic, at 82 ay nakabawi na. Ang kulungan ay nagsumite na ng 233 assessments as of that date.
Hanggang Biyernes, the jail information launch acknowledged 51 jail workers had examined optimistic, at 37 ay nakabawi na. As of Aug. 31, 190 mga manggagawa ay sinuri.
Virus spreading by ‘trailer jail,’ iba't ibang mga serbisyo
Ang lahat ng mga numerong ito ay dumating ng isang pares ng buwan matapos ang pangunahing kaso ng coronavirus ay iniulat sa Greene County “kulungan ng trailer,” which sits adjoining to the primary constructing and homes as much as 108 mga indibidwal sa bukas na, Bunk-style na pabahay.
Most people within the trailer finally examined optimistic.
Kasunod ng mga karanasang ito, inmates and their relations informed the Information-Chief they hadn’t been supplied masks till after the primary case was reported and famous it was almost inconceivable contained in the jail to observe bodily distancing or take different precautions advisable to maintain the virus at bay.
The virus finally unfold to different areas inside the primary jail constructing, although the extent to which it has unfold remains to be unknown.
Sheriff Jim Arnott, para sa kanyang kalahati, stated in an interview final week he was doing the perfect he can, noting it is extremely troublesome to cease the virus from spreading because the jail books in lots of of individuals every month.
“You may solely do what you are able to do,” he stated. “We have finished a great job of protecting it out as of this level. Naka book na kami 7,000 individuals in since March and we have been in a position to mitigate it up till August. Namangha ang lahat na nakarating kami sa layong ito.”
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