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

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

Alhamisi usiku, Wafungwa watatu ambao walijitahidi kupata tayari na kutoa milo kwa takriban 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 “inastahiki” kuwa wafanyikazi, Jela haraka ilifunga jikoni. 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 iliyochafuliwa kati ya hizi zilizofungwa

The coronavirus will not be believed to be transmitted through surfaces or meals. Kama virusi vya kupumua, it primarily spreads by respiratory droplets launched from individuals’s nostril or mouth after they breathe, kikohozi, speak or sneeze.

Hata hivyo, the brand new infections among the many inmate staff and others introduced the overall variety of optimistic coronavirus infections amongst incarcerated individuals to 98 Kama ya Ijumaa alasiri, kwa mujibu wa uzinduzi wa taarifa.

Ya hizi, Mfungwa mmoja alikuwa ndani ya hospitali, 31 individuals had been displaying signs and 69 alikuwa amepona.

Nambari hizi hazitegemei watu ambao wamezinduliwa.

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 alikuwa amepona. Jela ilikuwa imewasilisha 233 tathmini kama ya tarehe hiyo.

Kama ya Ijumaa, the jail information launch acknowledged 51 jail workers had examined optimistic, na 37 alikuwa amepona. Kama ya Aug. 31, 190 Wafanyikazi walikuwa wamechunguzwa.

Virus spreading by ‘trailer jail,’ huduma tofauti

Nambari hizi zote zinakuja mwezi kadhaa baada ya kesi ya msingi ya coronavirus kuripotiwa katika Greene County's “Trailer Jela,” which sits adjoining to the primary constructing and homes as much as 108 watu wazi, Nyumba ya mtindo wa Bunk.

Most people within the trailer finally examined optimistic.

Kufuatia uzoefu huu, 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, kwa nusu yake, 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. Tumehifadhi kitabu 7,000 individuals in since March and we have been in a position to mitigate it up till August. Kila mtu alishangaa kuwa tumeifanya hivi sasa.”

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