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Authorities work to determine if any other detainee or guardian of the Inpec are also infected.
May 9, 2020 4:42 PMBy: canalrcn.com
Through the Barranquilla Government Secretary, Clemente Fajardo, the district government of the capital of Atlántico department confirm the detection of the first positive case of coronavirus inside the penitentiary The forest.
According Fajardo, the inmate, who was chosen at random for the practice of the muesta by the Health Secretary, is a 26 year old, who would have attended the prison last March 4, which is why the authorities rule out that he had contracted the virus prior to entering the jail.
After detecting the positive case, prison authorities they isolated the inmate, who is asymptomatic and announced that, in conjunction with the city’s civil authorities, contagion tests will be carried out on the prisoners who had contact with him, as well as on all security personnel.
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“An inmate who tested positive for coronavirus, let us admit that he was infected,” he said. Fajardo.
Contagion tests are also currently performed, randomly at prisoners in the Buen Pastor, La Modelo and El Bosque prisons in the capital of Atlántico.
According to figures from health authorities, they are currently registered 800 cases of contagion in the entire department of Atlántico.
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