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.

ביום חמישי בערב, שלושה אסירים שעמלו על התכוננות והעברת ארוחות לערך 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 “זכאי” להיות צוות, הכלא סגר במהירות את המטבח. 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 מזוהמים בקרב הכלואים הללו

The coronavirus will not be believed to be transmitted through surfaces or meals. כמו וירוס נשימתי, it primarily spreads by respiratory droplets launched from individuals’s nostril or mouth after they breathe, לְהִשְׁתַעֵל, speak or sneeze.

בְּכָל זֹאת, the brand new infections among the many inmate staff and others introduced the overall variety of optimistic coronavirus infections amongst incarcerated individuals to 98 החל מיום שישי אחר הצהריים, in accordance with a information launch.

מאלה, אסיר אחד היה בבית החולים, 31 individuals had been displaying signs and 69 התאושש.

המספרים האלה לא מסתמכים על אנשים שהושקו.

However a report of testing numbers obtained by a public info request confirmed that as of Aug. 31, 110 inmates had examined optimistic, ו 82 התאושש. הכלא הגיש 233 הערכות נכון לאותו תאריך.

נכון ליום שישי, the jail information launch acknowledged 51 jail workers had examined optimistic, ו 37 התאושש. נכון לאוגוסט. 31, 190 עובדים נבדקו.

Virus spreading by ‘trailer jail,’ שירותים שונים

כל המספרים הללו מגיעים חודשיים לאחר דיווח המקרה העיקרי של נגיף הקורונה במחוז גרין “כלא קרוואנים,” which sits adjoining to the primary constructing and homes as much as 108 אנשים פתוחים, דיור בסגנון דרגש.

Most people within the trailer finally examined optimistic.

בעקבות החוויות הללו, 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.

השריף ג'ים ארנוט, לחצי שלו, 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. הזמנו 7,000 individuals in since March and we have been in a position to mitigate it up till August. כולם נדהמו שהגענו עד הלום.”

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