All inmates about to be committed to or released from Cebu City Jail will have to undergo swab testing, City Mayor Edgar Labella announces.
Prisoners whose swab samples came out positive of COVID-19 will be placed directly to the isolation center inside the city jail compound.
Only when they find out to be negative of the virus in the subsequent repeat tests will they be allowed to proceed to their designated cells. Likewise, the city government has ordered the same for those about to be released from the penal facility. The Cebu City Health Department has conducted COVID-19 tests to 360 inmates at the city jail as of April 26, 2020.
The total number of individuals infected with COVID-19 from the city jail constitutes nearly 50 percent of the city’s count. /bmjoThe comments uploaded on this site do not necessarily represent or reflect the views of management and owner of Cebudailynews. We reserve the right to exclude comments that we deem to be inconsistent with our editorial standards.
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