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

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

NgoLwesine ebusuku, iziboshwa ezintathu ebezisebenza kanzima zilungisa futhi zilethela ukudla okungaba nzima 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 “kufanelekile” ukuba ngabasebenzi, ijele ngokushesha lavala ikhishi. 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 angcoliswe phakathi kwalaba ababoshiwe

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

Noma kunjalo, the brand new infections among the many inmate staff and others introduced the overall variety of optimistic coronavirus infections amongst incarcerated individuals to 98 kusukela ngoLwesihlanu ntambama, Ngokuhambisana nokwethulwa kolwazi.

Kulezi, isiboshwa esisodwa sasingaphakathi esibhedlela, 31 individuals had been displaying signs and 69 wayeseluleme.

Lezi zinombolo azithembeli kubantu abake bethuliwe.

However a report of testing numbers obtained by a public info request confirmed that as of Aug. 31, 110 inmates had examined optimistic, futhi 82 wayeseluleme. Ijele lalihambisile 233 ukuhlola kusukela ngalolo suku.

Kusukela ngoLwesihlanu, the jail information launch acknowledged 51 jail workers had examined optimistic, futhi 37 wayeseluleme. Kusukela ngo-Aug. 31, 190 abasebenzi base behloliwe.

Virus spreading by ‘trailer jail,’ izinsiza ezahlukene

Zonke lezi zinombolo ziza ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ngemuva kokubikwa kwecala lokuqala le-coronavirus eGreene County “ijele le-trailer,” which sits adjoining to the primary constructing and homes as much as 108 abantu endaweni evulekile, izindlu zesitayela se-bunk.

Most people within the trailer finally examined optimistic.

Ukulandela lezi okuhlangenwe nakho, 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.

USheriff uJim Arnott, ngesigamu sakhe, 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. Sibhukhile 7,000 individuals in since March and we have been in a position to mitigate it up till August. Wonke umuntu wamangala ukuthi sesifinyelele kuze kube manje.”

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