Greene County jail closes kitchen temporarily amid COVID-19 positives, lack of workers – Навіны – Moberly Monitor-Index – Moberly, MO

The Greene County jail has closed its kitchen quickly amid optimistic coronavirus assessments amongst inmate staff.

У чацвер вечарам, тры зняволеныя, якія працавалі, рыхтуючы і дастаўляючы ежу для груба 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 “прыдатныя” быць персаналам, турма хутка зачыніла кухню. 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 забруджаных сярод гэтых зняволеных

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

Тым не менш, the brand new infections among the many inmate staff and others introduced the overall variety of optimistic coronavirus infections amongst incarcerated individuals to 98 па стане на пятніцу днём, in accordance with a information launch.

З гэтых, адзін зняволены знаходзіўся ў шпіталі, 31 individuals had been displaying signs and 69 ачуняў.

Гэтыя лічбы не залежаць ад асоб, якія былі запушчаны.

However a report of testing numbers obtained by a public info request confirmed that as of Aug. 31, 110 inmates had examined optimistic, і 82 ачуняў. Астрог скарыўся 233 ацэнкі на гэтую дату.

Па стане на пятніцу, the jail information launch acknowledged 51 jail workers had examined optimistic, і 37 ачуняў. Па стане на жн. 31, 190 рабочыя былі абследаваны.

Virus spreading by ‘trailer jail,’ розныя паслугі

Усе гэтыя лічбы паступаюць праз пару месяцаў пасля таго, як у акрузе Грын было зарэгістравана першасны выпадак каранавіруса “трэйлерная турма,” which sits adjoining to the primary constructing and homes as much as 108 асоб у адкрыт, жыллё ў двух'ярусным стылі.

Most people within the trailer finally examined optimistic.

Пасля гэтых перажыванняў, 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.

Шэрыф Джым Арнот, за сваю палову, 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. Мы забраніравалі 7,000 individuals in since March and we have been in a position to mitigate it up till August. Усе былі здзіўлены, што мы дайшлі так далёка.”

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