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In coordination between the Gendarmerie Regional Health Service, the Ñuble Health Seremi and the Ñuble Health Service, the PCR test was carried out on all inmates, inmates, officials and officials of the Chillán Penal Unit, after the outbreak detected the weekend that established on that occasion as 29 cases of contagion.
However, after the massive testing, the number increased to a total of 122 inmates and 5 COVID-19 positive officials, that until today, and according to the report from the prison’s health area, all are asymptomatic.
The regional director of the Gendarmerie in the Ñuble region, Colonel Gonzalo Hermosilla, pointed out that “currently the prison inmates are in isolation and constantly monitored by an institutional doctor, nurses and paramedical technical personnel, in addition to the support of the Health Service and Seremi de Salud de Ñuble, complementing this with the permanent communication with the family of the inmates to explain the actions and steps to follow, highlighting that the prison population is complying with all the established health regulations, ”he concluded.
Meanwhile, the Minister of Justice and Human Rights, Jacqueline Guíñez Núñez, mentioned that she has no doubt that the “The professionalism that the Chilean Gendarmerie has, together with the disposition of the health authorities, will ensure that this outbreak is handled in a very good way and it will be possible to have the necessary safeguards to ensure the health of all inmates and officials of the compound, listening to them and observing the symptoms that they may present in these days, hoping that all this will evolve positively ”, he emphasized.
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