Korat prisons declared to be Covid free
Nakhon Ratchasima, aka Korat, a northeastern province, has no inmates with Covid-19 in any of its 6 prisons. It was determined to be Covid free after all of its inmates were tested for the virus, says the governor say Kobchai Boon-orana today.
The announcement came via a video conference with the heads of the 6 prisons.
The 6 prisons are:
- Nakhon Ratchasima Central Prison in the Muang district
- Khlong Phai Central Prison in Si Khiu district
- Nakhon Ratchasima Women Correctional Institution in the Si Khiu district
- Si Khiu Prison in the Si Khiu district
- Bua Yai Prison in the Bua Yai district
- Khao Prik Prison in the Si Khiu district
Kobchai says the concern wasn’t the virus running rampant amidst the inmates as there had been a moratorium on outside visitors. The concern was the virus could be spread from prison officials. To thwart this possibility, prison officials had been tested every 2 weeks, and the officials and their families were “instructed” to not go to “risk areas”.
New inmates, and those that had to be taken out of the prisons, were placed in a 14 quarantine.
Kobchai reassured the public that most of the prison officials have been vaccinated. Vaccinations for the inmates was not mentioned.
2 weeks ago it was reported that there were 0ver 1,200 new infections found across 14 Thai prisons.
SOURCE: Bangkok Post
