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Irish Prison Service Records First COVID-19 Case

A prisoner in Ireland has tested positive for COVID-19 for the first time. A remand prisoner in the...
Eoghan Murphy
Eoghan Murphy

1:50 PM - 22 Aug 2020



Irish Prison Service Records F...

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Irish Prison Service Records First COVID-19 Case

Eoghan Murphy
Eoghan Murphy

1:50 PM - 22 Aug 2020



A prisoner in Ireland has tested positive for COVID-19 for the first time.

A remand prisoner in the Dóchas Women’s Prison in Dublin tested positive yesterday.

It was part of routine testing of new committals and she had been in quarantine since she came into the prison ten days ago.

The Dóchas centre houses 107 of the 3,700 people who are in prison in Ireland.

The Irish Prison Service said confirmation of any case of COVID-19 is a matter for NPHET or the HSE.



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