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

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

Na abalị Thursday, ndị mkpọrọ atọ na-agwụ ike na-akwado nri na iwepụta nri maka ihe siri ike 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 “oruru” ịbụ onye ọrụ, Ulo mmiri na-emechi emechi. 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 emetọ n'etiti ndị a incerated

The coronavirus will not be believed to be transmitted through surfaces or meals. Dị ka nje na-efe efe, it primarily spreads by respiratory droplets launched from individuals’s nostril or mouth after they breathe, ukwara, speak or sneeze.

Keodino, the brand new infections among the many inmate staff and others introduced the overall variety of optimistic coronavirus infections amongst incarcerated individuals to 98 dị ka nke Fraide ehihie, in accordance with a information launch.

N'ime ndị a, Otu n'ime ụlọ ọgwụ nọ n'ụlọ ọgwụ, 31 individuals had been displaying signs and 69 agbakeela.

Nọmba ndị a adịghị ịdabere na ndị ewepụtara.

However a report of testing numbers obtained by a public info request confirmed that as of Aug. 31, 110 inmates had examined optimistic, na 82 agbakeela. Jail nyefere 233 ntule dika ubochi ahu.

Dị ka Friday, the jail information launch acknowledged 51 jail workers had examined optimistic, na 37 agbakeela. Dị ka August. 31, 190 Enyochala ndị ọrụ.

Virus spreading by ‘trailer jail,’ Ọrụ dị iche iche

Ọnụọgụ ndị a niile na-abịa na ole na ole mgbe a na-akọ akụkọ ikpe izizi na Greene County's “Jail Trailer,” which sits adjoining to the primary constructing and homes as much as 108 Ndị mmadụ n'otu n'otu, Ulo ulo.

Most people within the trailer finally examined optimistic.

Followinggbaso ahụmịhe ndị a, 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, maka ọkara ya, 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. Anyị edewo 7,000 individuals in since March and we have been in a position to mitigate it up till August. O juru onye ọ bụla anya nke na anyị merela ebe a.”

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