Coronavirus Sweeping Through Massive US Prison Population
Washington, May 3 (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 3rd May, 2020 ) :An enormous wave of coronavirus infections is blasting with the world's largest prison population within the U . s . States even while officials begin opening their economies, saying the condition has plateaued.
One prison in Marion, Ohio is just about the most intensely infected institution across the nation, using more than 80 % of their nearly 2,500 inmates, and 175 staff on the top of this, testing positive for COVID-19.
Coronavirus deaths are on the rise in jails and penitentiaries across the nation, with officials getting couple of options -- they're not able to pressure sufficient distancing in crowded cells and facing shortages of medical personnel and private protective equipment everywhere.
The threat ...