Greene County jail closes kitchen quickly amid COVID-19 positives, lack of staff – Информации – Монитор-индекс на Моберли – Моберли, MO
The Greene County jail has closed its kitchen quickly amid optimistic coronavirus assessments amongst inmate staff.
Во четврток навечер, тројца затвореници кои се труделе да се подготвуваат и да доставуваат оброци за приближно 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 “подобни” да биде персонал, затворот брзо ја затвори кујната. 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 контаминирани меѓу овие затвореници
The coronavirus will not be believed to be transmitted through surfaces or meals. Како респираторен вирус, it primarily spreads by respiratory droplets launched from individuals’s nostril or mouth after they breathe, кашлица, speak or sneeze.
како и да е, the brand new infections among the many inmate staff and others introduced the overall variety of optimistic coronavirus infections amongst incarcerated individuals to 98 од петок попладне, in accordance with a information launch.
Од овие, еден затвореник бил во болницата, 31 individuals had been displaying signs and 69 се опорави.
Овие бројки не се потпираат на поединци кои биле лансирани.
However a report of testing numbers obtained by a public info request confirmed that as of Aug. 31, 110 inmates had examined optimistic, и 82 се опорави. Затворот поднесе 233 проценки од тој датум.
Од петок, the jail information launch acknowledged 51 jail workers had examined optimistic, и 37 се опорави. Од авг. 31, 190 работниците биле прегледани.
Virus spreading by ‘trailer jail,’ различни услуги
Сите овие бројки доаѓаат неколку месеци откако примарниот случај на коронавирус беше пријавен во округот Грин “приколка затвор,” which sits adjoining to the primary constructing and homes as much as 108 поединци на отворено, куќиште во стил на легло.
Most people within the trailer finally examined optimistic.
Следејќи ги овие искуства, 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.
Шерифот Џим Арнот, за неговата половина, 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. Ние резервиравме 7,000 individuals in since March and we have been in a position to mitigate it up till August. Сите беа изненадени што стигнавме до тука.”
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