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SIX PRISON STAFF working at the Midlands Prison have tested positive for Covid-19, TheJournal.ie has learned.
Last week an outbreak of the disease was confirmed on the A2 landing of the prison. It’s understood a number of prisoners were infected. Authorities have not provided any further information on the exact number.
Widespread testing has now been carried out. No additional prisoners have been infected with Covid. However, six members of staff have come back positive.
Contact tracing is now in operation but TheJournal.ie understands over 20 staff members will be considered close contacts and must self-isolate while waiting on a test.
As a result of the outbreak, prisoners are now under a “stricter regime”. They will still have access to the exercise yard and other services, prison sources said.
A statement from the Irish Prison Service (IPS) said: “The Irish Prison Service is continuing to work closely with HSE/Public Health and arrangements are being made with the HSE for the re-testing of all prisoners and staff, later this week, in order to provide an assured response to the current outbreak in Midlands Prison.
“This will support a return to a more normal prison regime as soon as possible.
“The Director-General of the Irish Prison Service Caron McCaffrey today visited the Midlands Prison to meet with the Midlands Prison management and staff and National Infection Control Team (NICT), to review the operational and infection control arrangements in place.”
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The Irish will do what they’re told by the Americans.
@bread of heaven: bull shi go back to bed
@bread of heaven: Exactly. We have a growing American military base at Shannon which is part of their war(s) efforts in the Middle East and our Taoiseach pays an annual embarassing visit to the White House on our supposedly ‘national’ day to tender his loyalty. We are as much an ‘outsider’ as Puerto Rico.
Let’s hope they speak up for countries who are overthrown for energy resources such as Venezuela. Speak up for True world Peace without bending to anyone’s political or religious agendas or it will be a waste of time.
@Paul Wrenn: What the Americans have done to Venezuela with their sanctions is shocking and should be condemned.
@bread of heaven: you should source new bread..
Ah sure with the culture of a brown envelope or leaking an oul official document im sure we’ll do great…
Poland and Hungary have started to get serious about the threat posed by authoritarian EU.
And they’re not the only ones,
@Tony Ember: since joining Poland have always told the EU where to go when they weren’t happy. They were barely in the EU when their president or pm told the EU that polish men would fight and die if the EU tried imposing a German led bill years back
What about the duplicity of Simon Coveney as outined in the Phoenix magazine when he was campaigning using Palestinian rights to push for the seat while back in Ireland he was vetoing the Occupied Territories bill?
An outsider
An outsider
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