Prison sealed off after more Covid cases foundWardens stand outside the closed Correctional Institution for Young Offenders in Muang district of Nakhon Si Thammarat on Sunday. (Photo: Nujaree Rakrun)NAKHON SI THAMMARAT: The Correctional Institute for Young Offenders in Muang district of this southern province has been sealed off after 130 more Covid-19 infections were found among detainees, provincial governor Kraisorn Wisitwong said on Sunday. The new cases increased the number of Covid-19 infections in the prison from 1,195 to 1325, or over 50% of its population of 2,315. The 61 personnel who work inside the prison had so far not been infected, but all were to be regularly tested for the virus. The prison for young offenders would not take new inmates during this time, he said.

Source: Bangkok Post September 19, 2021 07:30 UTC