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The General Directorate of the Internal Security Forces announced that “since the first infection in February 2020 from the Corona pandemic in Lebanon was registered, it has begun to take all preventive measures in all Lebanese prisons, especially in the prison Central Roumieh, as it contains the largest number of prisoners ”. This general direction has “worked to follow the internationally recommended methods for the protection and prevention of this virus (visits from behind glass, sterilization and cleaning, conducting” online “investigations in coordination with the Ministry of Justice, use of the of hearings of Roumieh to facilitate the market of prisoners to the courts ….), And this prevented the entry of the Corona virus to the prisons “.
In a statement, he explained that “PCR tests were carried out on all prisoners who presented symptoms similar to those of the Coronavirus (fever, cough, pain in the throat and loss of the sense of smell …) that amounted to about 200/200 tests, and they all came back negative. ” Noting that “after carrying out the necessary controls inside the prison, as of 9/8/2020, it was found on 9/11/2020 that the inmates / 13 / and the staff / 9 / were injured, so the Inmates were transferred to a building that had been prepared for stone in the prison. Central, and has been assigned in cooperation with the Ministry of Public Health, the International Red Cross and the World Health Organization, and departments have also been designated in various government hospitals to treat and follow up those in need of treatment.
He stressed that “the nursing team that monitors injured prisoners in the building designated for them within the prison is made up of nurses from the World Health Organization who specialize in monitoring Corona cases, and doctors assigned to follow them. procedures by the Ministry of Public Health in cooperation with the Roumieh Medical Center and doctors from the Internal Security Forces. ” Noting that “the health situation within the Roumieh prison is under control, and during the last twenty-four hours, PCR tests were carried out on a large number of prisoners and all the people who reported or appeared to have any symptoms of the Corona virus” .
And he announced that the families of the prisoners whose children were infected with the Coronavirus were informed, so they contacted them by phone and were reassured of their situation.
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