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On the 30th, a vehicle to collect medical waste enters the East Detention Center in Seoul, where the COVID-19 outbreak occurred. The Justice Ministry said there were a total of 792 confirmed cases related to the Oriental Detention Center as of 5 pm that day. [연합뉴스]
As the wave of the outbreak of a new coronavirus infection (Corona 19) has increased from the East Seoul Detention Center (hereinafter the East Detention Center), the quarantine authorities have initiated emergency measures, as a full investigation every three days. However, experts urged that inmates in group detention be separated and housed in one room per person to prevent further spread.
It came out negative, but then positive
A total of 792 confirmed cases related to the Dongbu Detention Center
Expert “Uniform voice, one room per person required
Even a container containment room should be mobilized. “
According to the Ministry of Justice, on the 30th, the number of confirmed corona19 cases related to the East Detention Center at 5 p.m. the same day was 792, an increase of 30 compared to the previous day. There were 771 prisoners (including prisoners) and 21 employees of the detention center. As the number of confirmed cases continued to rise, quarantine authorities began a fourth full test starting on the 30th to prevent further infection at the detention center. The city of Seoul decided to conduct a thorough inspection every three days and it was decided to block out the additional radio waves by separating confirmed patients, close contacts and general prisoners by floor.
“The number of prisoners, which reached 2,400, has been reduced to about 1,600 through transfer to other correctional facilities,” said Park Yoo-mi, director of the city’s Citizen Health Office. Of the 771 confirmed prisoners, 409 are currently in the eastern detention center. There were 345 confirmed cases transferred to North Gyeongsangbuk-do Second Prison, and it was confirmed that 16 and 1 inmates were transferred to Seoul South Prison and Gangwon North Prison.
However, experts argue that it is difficult to prevent further spread with such countermeasures. The biggest problem they point out is that the detainees who were judged negative still live in a group in a space.
He stressed that the reason why the spread did not stop even though it had already been thoroughly tested three times and quarantined as soon as the confirmed cases were released, because additional confirmations of infected people in stage continue latent that were determined to be negative. In fact, there have been many cases where the negative test was changed to a positive test in three tests in total. Kim Woo-joo, professor of infectious medicine at Kodae Guro Hospital, noted that “it is negative, but people with and without viruses are mixed. We must come up with all the measures, such as creating a temporary container quarantine room and quarantining it. in one room per person “. He added: “If we focus only on transporting prisoners living in groups to other correctional facilities, it could result in the spread of the virus to other places.” Kim Dong-hyun, professor of preventive medicine at Hallym University, said: “If left as is, the elderly or underlying diseases are likely to get seriously worse. The only way is to take them to a facility that can hold one by one.
An official from the Ministry of Justice said: “It would be better to use one room per person, but it is less than half the number of prisoners because there are around 700 rooms available.”
◆ Cheongsong guards group license for transfer of confirmed patientsOn the other hand, at Gyeongbuk Second Prison, Cheongsong-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do, where a large number of confirmed prisoners were transferred, concerns are raised about the possibility of its operation being disrupted due to prison guards leaving. their work as a group. According to the prison, six people have been absent to date and some prison guards have announced their intention to resign. A prison official explained that “six people on leave are dual-income couples with young children and they applied for parental leave because it was difficult to take care of their children when they worked in the prison camp.” The prison side plans to request reinstatement when the number of licensed employees increases.
Cheongsong = Reporter Kim Jeong-seok, Reporter Kang Kwang-woo, Hwang Soo-yeon and Heo Jeong-won [email protected]
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