Units in two Nebraska prisons quarantined after over 100 inmates test positive for COVID
Housing units in two Nebraska prison facilities are on a combination of quarantine and medical isolation after more than 100 inmates tested positive for COVID-19.
After one inmate tested positive at the Lincoln Correctional Center, almost 120 others were tested this week. Just over half of them came back positive. In addition, a majority of tests conducted on 90 inmates at the Tecumseh State Prison also came back positive, according to a press release from the Nebraska Department of Corrections.
Additional testing will be provided to inmates living in the same housing area in the coming days, the department said.
Corrections Director Scott Frakes said those who have tested positive have been largely asymptomatic, and while they remain in medical isolation and quarantine, inmates will be checked regularly by medical staff.
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(Grand Island Independent)