No new COVID-19 cases reported at correctional facilities for 2nd day
SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Yonhap) -- Correctional facilities in South Korea reported no new coronavirus cases on Thursday for the second day in a row, after an alarming surge in a cluster infection at a Seoul prison.
A total of 1,249 COVID-19 cases linked to prisons across the country had been reported as of Thursday, unchanged from Tuesday, the Ministry of Justice said.
The government has announced a set of enhanced COVID-19 measures for prisons following the outbreak at the Seoul detention center that has emerged as a hotbed of infections.
Under the new policy, new inmates will be required to undergo three weeks of isolation before entering correctional facilities.
The Dongbu Detention Center has reported 1,193 COVID-19 cases since the first case on Nov. 27.
The Dongbu center has been relocating inmates to other regions to ease overcrowding and reduce infection risk.
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