Greene County jail closes kitchen quickly amid COVID-19 positives, lack of staff – Information – Moberly monitoriaus indeksas – Moberly, MO
The Greene County jail has closed its kitchen quickly amid optimistic coronavirus assessments amongst inmate staff.
Ketvirtadienio vakarą, trys kaliniai, kurie stengėsi ruoštis ir pristatyti maistą grubiai 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 “tinkamas” būti personalu, kalėjimas greitai uždarė virtuvę. 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 užterštos tarp šių kalinių
The coronavirus will not be believed to be transmitted through surfaces or meals. Kaip kvėpavimo takų virusas, it primarily spreads by respiratory droplets launched from individuals’s nostril or mouth after they breathe, kosulys, speak or sneeze.
Nepaisant to, the brand new infections among the many inmate staff and others introduced the overall variety of optimistic coronavirus infections amongst incarcerated individuals to 98 nuo penktadienio popietės, in accordance with a information launch.
Iš šių, vienas kalinys buvo ligoninėje, 31 individuals had been displaying signs and 69 buvo pasveikęs.
Šie skaičiai nepriklauso asmenimis, kurie buvo pradėti.
However a report of testing numbers obtained by a public info request confirmed that as of Aug. 31, 110 inmates had examined optimistic, ir 82 buvo pasveikęs. Kalėjimas buvo pateikęs 233 tos datos vertinimai.
Nuo penktadienio, the jail information launch acknowledged 51 jail workers had examined optimistic, ir 37 buvo pasveikęs. Nuo rugpjūčio mėn. 31, 190 darbuotojai buvo ištirti.
Virus spreading by ‘trailer jail,’ skirtingos paslaugos
Visi šie skaičiai gaunami praėjus porai mėnesių po to, kai Greene apygardoje buvo pranešta apie pirminį koronaviruso atvejį “priekabos kalėjimas,” which sits adjoining to the primary constructing and homes as much as 108 asmenys atviroje vietoje, dviaukštis būstas.
Most people within the trailer finally examined optimistic.
Po šių patirčių, 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.
Šerifas Jimas Arnottas, už savo pusę, 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. Užsisakėme 7,000 individuals in since March and we have been in a position to mitigate it up till August. Visi buvo nustebinti, kad mes taip toli pasiekėme.”
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