On the afternoon of the 10th, a vehicle for medical waste is leaving the front door at the Seoul East Detention Center in Songpa-gu. The Ministry of Justice announced the day before that when the first confirmed case of a novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19) among female prisoners in the eastern detention center came out, the remaining 320 female prisoners who were negative on the day will be urgently transferred to other correctional facilities. In addition, on the 11th, the 8th total survey is scheduled for prisoners here. On the other hand, as of 8 am on the same day, an additional employee of the Dongbu Detention Center was positive, and a total of 1193 people were confirmed cumulatively related to the Dongbu Detention Center. News 1
Amid the spread of the outbreak of a new coronavirus infection (Corona 19) that started in the eastern detention center in Seoul, an additional employee was confirmed.
According to the Ministry of Justice on the 10th, a diagnostic test was conducted on 370 all employees of the Dongbu Detention Center the day before, and as a result, one male employee was confirmed.
The previous day, as a result of the 7th total inspection, 11 male prisoners and one female prisoner, and an employee who was separated by close contact and was quarantined, were further confirmed.
As the first confirmed case among female prisoners in the eastern detention center occurred, the Ministry of Justice transferred about 250 negative female prisoners excluding those with direct or indirect contacts and underlying diseases to the newly built Daegu prison.
In addition, the Dongbu Detention Center is scheduled to conduct the 8th full test on the remaining prisoners except those who were tested positive on the 11th.
As of 5 p.m. on the 10th, a total of 1224 people confirmed corona19 at correctional facilities nationwide. The number of quarantined personnel was 1179 (30 employees, 1038 prisoners, 111 prisoners), and 45 persons released (15 employees, 25 prisoners, and 5 prisoners).
Currently, the number of confirmed detainees by institution is 668 in the eastern detention center, 333 in North Gyeongsang Province 2 prison, 16 in Gwangju prison, 17 in Seoul southern prison, 1 in Seoul detention center, and 3 in Gangwon-bukdo prison.
The eastern detention center lifted 19 of the eastern detention center prisoners who had previously been confirmed as confirmed from quarantine the previous day.
In two correctional institutions, including Jeonju Prison, 1537 prisoners and 517 employees were additionally tested the day before, and all were negative. Including this, as a result of a total inspection of 45 correctional institutions up to the day before, 13,334 employees and 43,096 prisoners were negative.
On the other hand, according to the point that the Dongbu detention center excluded female prisoners in the last sixth total survey, female prisoners were also included in this total survey. As a result, one female prisoner was confirmed for the first time.
An official from the Ministry of Justice explained that “we took special measures preemptively to prevent additional female confirmed cases.” On the 11th, the Ministry of Justice is scheduled to conduct an eighth total investigation of prisoners in the eastern detention center.
Reporter Bae Jae-seong [email protected]