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KUALA LUMPURA total of 1,126 active Covid-19 cases involving inmates and prison staff have been recorded so far across the country.
The Director General of the Department of Prisons, Datuk Seri Zulkifli Omar, said that the transmission of Covid-19 among inmates began when the Tawau prison in Sabah received a new inmate from Lahad Datu who tested positive on October 2.
“The other group was detected in Alor Setar Prison on September 29 and the department seriously sees the increase in the number of positive Covid-19 cases in the prison, which is now the highest among other prisons.
“Therefore, the department has taken all the necessary measures to comply with the standard operating procedures established by the Ministry of Health (MINSA) to treat, quarantine and stop the spread of the disease in all aspects of the management of the inmates and prison staff of the country. “He said in a statement here today.
Health Director General Tan Sri Dr. Noor Hisham Abdullah, in his previous press conference, said that Malaysia registered 691 new Covid-19 cases today and of the 688 local cases, 394 were detected in the Tembok group or in prison. scored by Alor Setar.
Zulkifli said that to reduce Covid-19 infectivity among inmates and congestion in prisons, the department had also taken a drastic measure to move drug-related inmates to various national service training camps that had been classified. like temporary prisons.
“The total number that these camps can house is estimated to be between 2,300 and 2,800 inmates,” he said.
Meanwhile, he also called on the public outside the prison community to remain calm as the spread of Covid-19 among inmates occurred only in the closed and strictly controlled prison areas.
“We also ask the public to have faith in the measures taken by the Department of Prisons, which are closely monitored by the Ministry of Health and other enforcement agencies,” he said. –Called
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