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

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

Ma ka Poaha Poaha, ʻekolu mau hoa hana i hana ai e mākaukau ana a me ka hāʻawiʻana i nā meaʻai no ka mea paʻakikī 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 “mea kūponoʻole” E lilo i luna, Ua pani koke ka hale paʻahao i ka lumi kuke. 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 ua haumia i waena o kēia mau mea i hoʻopilikiaʻia

The coronavirus will not be believed to be transmitted through surfaces or meals. E like me kahi maʻi hoʻomaha, it primarily spreads by respiratory droplets launched from individuals’s nostril or mouth after they breathe, huhū, speak or sneeze.

Eia naʻe, the brand new infections among the many inmate staff and others introduced the overall variety of optimistic coronavirus infections amongst incarcerated individuals to 98 E like me ka Pōʻalima ahiahi, in accordance with a information launch.

O keia mau, hoʻokahi i loko o ka haukapila, 31 individuals had been displaying signs and 69 ua ola hou.

ʻAʻole hana kēia mau helu i nā poʻe i hanaʻia.

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 ua ola hou. Ua waihoʻia ka hale paʻahao 233 nā loiloi e like me kēlā lā.

E like me ka Pōʻalima, the jail information launch acknowledged 51 jail workers had examined optimistic, a 37 ua ola hou. E like meʻAukake. 31, 190 Ua koiʻia nā limahana.

Virus spreading by ‘trailer jail,’ Nā lawelawe'ē aʻe

Ua hele mai kēia mau helu a pau i kahi mahina ma hope o ka hōʻikeʻana o ka hihia Corona mua “Haleakala,” which sits adjoining to the primary constructing and homes as much as 108 kanaka i wehe, Palapala Hō'īlika BunK.

Most people within the trailer finally examined optimistic.

Ma hope o kēia mauʻike, 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.

Sheriff jim arnott, no kona hapa, 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. Ua kuke mākou 7,000 individuals in since March and we have been in a position to mitigate it up till August. Ua nani nā poʻe a pau a mākou i hana ai i kēia manawa.”

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