Tag COVID-19

UK prisoner dies of Covid-19 #COVID19 #coronavirus #UK #HMPLittlehey #Cambridgeshire #pandemic #quarantine

An 84-year-old man has become the first British prisoner to die after contracting coronavirus. The inmate, at HMP Littlehey, a category C male sex offenders’ prison in Cambridgeshire, died in hospital on Sunday. He reportedly had underlying health issues. A…

Two Australian prison staff test positive #COVID19 #coronavirus #UK #pandemic #quarantine #australia #PrisonStaff

In Australia meanwhile, two staff members at a New South Wales prison hospital have tested positive for Covid-19, raising further concerns about outbreaks in detention facilities. The two people are employees at the Long Bay forensic hospital, a 135-bed facility…

New cases in China increase, all from abroad #COVID19 #coronavirus #China #pandemic #quarantine

Mainland China reported an increase in new confirmed coronavirus cases, all of which involved travellers arriving from abroad, the National Health Commission said on Thursday. The commission said in a statement that a total of 67 new cases were reported…