Confirmation of infection by prison officers in their forties Isolate contacted inmates Osaka Detention Center April 5, 17:59

The Ministry of Justice has announced that a prison officer who supervised inmates at Osaka Detention Center was infected with the new coronavirus.

The infection with the new coronavirus was confirmed by a male prisoner in his 40s working at Osaka Detention Center in Osaka City.

According to the Ministry of Justice, the prisoner visited a medical institution due to symptoms such as fever on the 2nd of this month and underwent a PCR test. is.

This is the first time that infection has been confirmed in correctional facilities such as prisons and prisons.

The prison officer was instructed and supervised by four inmates who had been sentenced. I will wait.