On the 12th, the Ministry of Justice announced that 7 people had been tested positive the day before in the 8th total investigation on 300 prisoners. 2 are male and 5 are female prisoners.
In the case of female prisoners of the Eastern Detention Center, they were controversial because they were not subject to the 6th total investigation. The Ministry of Justice explained that all female prisoners received negative judgments from the 1st to 5th total investigation and excluded them.
However, one female detainee was confirmed in the last 7th investigation, and then five were confirmed in this investigation. The Ministry of Justice transferred about 250 persons excluding contacts and underlying diseases to the newly built Daegu prison for the first confirmation of female detainees. There is a bar. All of them were tested negative in the full test, and it was confirmed that three people released from the Eastern Detention Center also received positive tests. The number of related confirmed cases including not only the employees and prisoners of the Eastern Detention Center, but also their families and acquaintances increased to 1,204.
On the other hand, as of 8 am on the same day, a total of 1238 patients (excluding family and acquaintances) were confirmed cumulatively at correctional facilities nationwide. Twelve people (10 prisoners and prisoners of the Eastern Detention Center and two employees of Sangju Prison) increased from the previous day.
The number of confirmed detainees by institution was 623 in Dongbu detention center, 247 in North Gyeongsang Province 2 prison, 16 in Gwangju prison, 17 in Seoul southern prison, 1 in Seoul detention center, and 7 in North Gangwon prison.
Kim Jin-ha, reporter of Donga.com [email protected]
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