COVID-19: Outbreak of detention center in Seoul: 1000 infected
-Over 1000 infected people including family members-
Detention center in Seoul:
In South Korea, an outbreak occurred in a detention center in Seoul.
To date, more than 1,000 people have been infected and criticisms of the government’s response have been raised.
At the Seoul Dongbu Detention Center in South Korea, it was revealed that employees were infected with the new coronavirus in late November last year.
After that, an outbreak occurred.
Korean Government:
On January 3, it was announced that there were 1084 related cases so far.
The breakdown is
1041 inmates,
22 staff,
There are 21 family members and acquaintances.
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South Korea tries to contain coronavirus outbreak in prison
SEOUL (Reuters) –
South Korean authorities
scrambled to contain a cluster of coronavirus infections in a Seoul prison as inmates waved signs through barred windows pleading for help.
There were 1,050 new cases nationally as of Tuesday midnight, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said on Wednesday,
A prison in southeastern Seoul
had 771 inmates and 21 staff infected, bringing the total number of infections linked to the facility to 792,
Yonhap news agency reported, citing the justice ministry.
Justice Minister Choo Mi-ae on Tuesday visited the prison and ordered
the separation of infected inmates from those who were not and the expansion of granting parole to exemplary prisoners, the ministry said in a statement.
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