Coronavirus: More than 2,000 prisoners may have been infected, says PHE
The number of prisoners believed to have been infected with coronavirus may be up to six times as many as the published figure, it has emerged.
The report, published by the Ministry of Justice, says access to testing for prisoners has been"limited and variable". "During outbreaks, where a number of positive laboratory samples have been received on prisoners who have been swabbed, then subsequent cases who meet the clinical case definition are included as 'possible/probable cases'."298 in the West MidlandsPHE said officials had responded to outbreaks in 75 different"custodial institutions", with 35 inmates treated in hospital and 15 deaths.
Previous modelling suggested there could be between 1,800 and 2,300 deaths, depending on reductions in the prisoner population.The report goes on to warn, however, that restrictions will be needed until the"end of the financial year", that is April 2021.
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