UNCASVILLE — A man being held at a correctional facility tested positive for COVID-19 Monday afternoon, according to the Department of Corrections.
The 32-year-old man, who is incarcerated at the Corrigan-Radgowski Correctional Center in Uncasville, is the first inmate in the state to test positive for the virus.
Officials said in a release Monday that the offender was isolated as soon as he displayed symptoms consistent with the coronavirus.
He was later placed in a negative pressure isolation room, the DOC said, which allows air to flow in, but not out of the room.
The inmate’s name was withheld by officials.
Other inmates located in the same housing unit will be isolated from the rest of the population for 14 days, the DOC said.
Other offenders believed to have had possible contact with the infected inmate received temperature checks and are continued to be closely monitored, they said.
from News https://www.ctpost.com/local/article/DOC-Prisoner-tests-positive-for-coronavirus-15166839.php
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