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

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

Ve čtvrtek večer, tři vězni, kteří se pracně připravovali a donášeli jídlo pro zhruba 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 “oprávněný” být personálem, vězení rychle zavřelo kuchyň. 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 kontaminovaných mezi těmito uvězněnými

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

Nicméně, the brand new infections among the many inmate staff and others introduced the overall variety of optimistic coronavirus infections amongst incarcerated individuals to 98 od pátečního odpoledne, in accordance with a information launch.

Z těchto, jeden vězeň byl v nemocnici, 31 individuals had been displaying signs and 69 se zotavil.

Tato čísla nezávisí na jednotlivcích, kteří byli spuštěni.

However a report of testing numbers obtained by a public info request confirmed that as of Aug. 31, 110 inmates had examined optimistic, a 82 se zotavil. Vězení se podrobilo 233 hodnocení k tomuto datu.

Od pátku, the jail information launch acknowledged 51 jail workers had examined optimistic, a 37 se zotavil. Od srpna. 31, 190 pracovníci byli vyšetřeni.

Virus spreading by ‘trailer jail,’ různé služby

Všechna tato čísla přicházejí pár měsíců poté, co byl primární případ koronaviru hlášen v Greene County “přívěsné vězení,” which sits adjoining to the primary constructing and homes as much as 108 jednotlivci v otevřeném prostoru, bydlení ve stylu palandy.

Most people within the trailer finally examined optimistic.

Po těchto zkušenostech, 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.

Šerif Jim Arnott, pro jeho polovičku, 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. Máme zarezervováno 7,000 individuals in since March and we have been in a position to mitigate it up till August. Všichni byli ohromeni, že jsme to dotáhli tak daleko.”

Katie Kull zastřešuje místní úřady pro informačního šéfa. Received a narrative to inform? Dejte jí jméno na 417-408-1025 or electronic mail her at kkull@news-leader.com. You too can assist native journalism at Information-Chief.com/subscribe.