More than 1,000 prisoners in the Zone 6 maximum security sector of the prison in Thailand’s southern province of Nakhon Si Thammarat have been infected with COVID-19, 396 of whom have developed symptoms.

 

Prison officials told Thai PBS that they have no idea how the infections started, but said that only officials are allowed into Zone 6, where prisoners serving a minimum of 30 years and those on death row are housed.

 

To prevent further spread among prisoners, the occupational training building is being used to quarantine and treat symptomatic inmates with the Favipiravir anti-viral drug and Fah Talai Jone Thai traditional herbal medicine, while the low-risk prisoners are being separately kept.

 

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5 minutes ago, webfact said:

Prison officials told Thai PBS that they have no idea how the infections started, but said that only officials are allowed into Zone 6, where prisoners serving a minimum of 30 years and those on death row are housed.

So, they got it from officials and guards then but don't want to admit it. 

7 minutes ago, RichardColeman said:

So, they got it from officials and guards then but don't want to admit it. 

Or a prisoner transferred from another facility.

No doubt most of these will have been via ATK so won't show up in the official covid case count.

Ask Dr Yong to goggle the source its how covid has been managed so far ????

4 hours ago, webfact said:

officials have no idea

I noticed

Maybe someone wanted to speed up the death sentence 

5 hours ago, webfact said:

Prison officials told Thai PBS that they have no idea how the infections started, but said that only officials are allowed into Zone 6, where prisoners serving a minimum of 30 years and those on death row are housed.

No idea yet the answer lays within the post.. an official is infected.. or more than one.

8 hours ago, Danderman123 said:

Or a prisoner transferred from another facility.

Or visitors to prisoners??

and like someone already said this will not show in the daily Covid numbers. If people have the App then you must know who visited the prison and can start checking them, also the guards and their families.

9 hours ago, webfact said:

To prevent further spread among prisoners, the occupational training building is being used to quarantine and treat symptomatic inmates with the Favipiravir anti-viral drug and Fah Talai Jone Thai traditional herbal medicine, while the low-risk prisoners are being separately kept.

So the story that all Prisoners across the Country had been Vaccinated was not exactly correct then.

Horrible . Horror events !!!

Thailand's Department of correction - bunch of hillbillies