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CITY OF GEORGE: The Penang Pretrial Detention is adhering to the standard operating procedure (SOP) stipulated to contain the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic in prison after a prisoner died from the disease.
Its director, Mohamed Jusoh Ismail, said that all prison staff and prisoners who were close contacts of the dead prisoner were quarantined and isolated from other employees and inmates.
“I cannot reveal the number of people who were isolated, but I can assure you that the close contacts of the dead prisoner are in quarantine and had undergone the Covid-19 detection test carried out yesterday by Ministry of Health personnel.”
“Today, more inmates and staff are undergoing Covid-19 screening at the prison and in fact the director of the Penang Hospital was also present to monitor the situation in the prison,” he said when contacted by Called today.”
Mohamed Jusoh said that so far those in quarantine have no symptoms.
Currently, there are about 2,300 prisoners and 320 employees in Penang Pretrial Prison.
“So far, the Ministry of Health has not obtained details on the source of infection of the dead prisoner … based on information from the prison, the last movement of the dead prisoner was on September 9 and there were no further movements after that. “, He said.
Meanwhile, an observation by Bernama at the prison entrance found movement of Ministry of Health vehicles, including one transporting Penang Health Director Dr. Asmayani Khalid.
It was learned that health personnel were seen entering the prison from 9 a.m. to carry out the detection of Covid-19 in prison staff and inmates.
Yesterday, Health Director General Tan Sri Dr. Noor Hisham Abdullah confirmed that an 85-year-old man died while being treated at Penang Hospital and that he was the dead prisoner found with hypertension and mental health problems. . – Called
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