Over 300 Cumulative COVID-19 Cases at Dongbu Detention Center... Resurgence After One Year

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[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Hyung-min] The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the Seoul Dongbu Detention Center has exceeded 300.

According to the Ministry of Justice, on the 8th, 44 additional people at the Seoul Dongbu Detention Center tested positive for COVID-19. The total number of confirmed cases reached 319, including staff and inmates, since a new inmate was confirmed positive on the 25th of last month. Some of the infected inmates are reported to have been infected with the Omicron variant.

Previously, from the end of 2020 to early last year, the Dongbu Detention Center experienced a mass COVID-19 outbreak, with over 1,200 inmates and correctional facility staff testing positive. With another mass outbreak occurring after a year, the Ministry of Justice transferred a total of about 1,180 inmates from Dongbu Detention Center and Incheon Detention Center to newly built facilities such as Daegu Prison, and implemented cohort isolation measures for the housing units where confirmed cases occurred.

Meanwhile, at Incheon Detention Center, 10 additional inmates tested positive on the same day, bringing the total cumulative number of confirmed cases to 80.

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