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Greene County-tronk maak kombuis toe te midde van die uitbreek van koronavirus
The Greene County jail has closed its kitchen quickly amid constructive coronavirus assessments amongst inmate staff.
Donderdagaand, drie gevangenes wat geswoeg het om gereed te maak en maaltye vir die rofweg af te lewer 850 individuals incarcerated on the jail informed the Information-Chief that they had examined constructive for the virus after feeling sick for a number of days.
In response to these constructive assessments in addition to an absence of individuals “in aanmerking kom” personeel te wees, die tronk het vinnig die kombuis toegemaak. Inmates have been being fed with ready meals from one other contractor, Greene County Sheriff’s Division spokesman Deputy Jason Winston mentioned.
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“Inmate trustees are an enormous element to meals preparation in our jail,” het hy genoem. “We at the moment wouldn’t have sufficient eligible inmates for trustee assignments, so we’ve got quickly closed our jail kitchen.”
98 besmet onder hierdie gevangenes
The coronavirus shouldn’t be believed to be transmitted through surfaces or meals. As 'n respiratoriese virus, it primarily spreads via respiratory droplets launched from individuals’s nostril or mouth after they breathe, hoes, discuss or sneeze.
Nietemin, the brand new infections among the many inmate staff and others introduced the overall variety of constructive coronavirus infections amongst incarcerated individuals to 98 vanaf Vrydagmiddag, in response to a information launch.
Hiervan, een gevangene was binne die hospitaal, 31 individuals have been exhibiting signs and 69 herstel het.
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Hierdie getalle maak nie staat op individue wat van stapel gestuur is nie.
However a report of testing numbers obtained via a public data request confirmed that as of Aug. 31, 110 inmates had examined constructive, en 82 herstel het. Die tronk het ingedien 233 assesserings vanaf daardie datum.
Vanaf Vrydag, the jail information launch said 51 jail workers had examined constructive, en 37 herstel het. Vanaf Aug. 31, 190 werkers ondersoek is.
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Al hierdie getalle kom 'n paar maande nadat die primêre koronavirusgeval in Greene County aangemeld is “sleepwa tronk,” which sits adjoining to the principle constructing and homes as much as 108 individue in oop, stapelbed-styl behuising.
Most people within the trailer finally examined constructive.
Na aanleiding van hierdie ervarings, inmates and their members of the family informed the Information-Chief they hadn’t been supplied masks till after the primary case was reported and famous it was practically unattainable contained in the jail to follow bodily distancing or take different precautions advisable to maintain the virus at bay.
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The virus finally unfold to different areas inside the principle jail constructing, although the extent to which it has unfold continues to be unknown.
Balju Jim Arnott, vir sy helfte, mentioned in an interview final week he was doing the perfect he can, noting it is extremely tough to cease the virus from spreading because the jail books in a whole bunch of individuals every month.
“You possibly can solely do what you are able to do,” het hy genoem. “We have carried out a very good job of protecting it out as of this level. Ons het bespreek 7,000 individuals in since March and we have been capable of mitigate it up till August. Almal was verstom dat ons dit so ver gemaak het.”
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