November 5, 2020

COVID-19 Risk Management and Screening in the Penitentiary Facilities of the Salerno Province in Southern Italy

Category: Article Summary

Topic: Transmission

Keywords (Tags): jail

• In serological and molecular testing of inmates and personnel in an Italian prison with rapid serological IgG/IgM tests for SARS-CoV-2, 3 of 485 prisoners had positive serology results. New prisoners had been isolated for 14 days. All prisoners and personnel had negative nasopharyngeal swabs.

Pagano et al. (Oct 31, 2020). COVID-19 Risk Management and Screening in the Penitentiary Facilities of the Salerno Province in Southern Italy. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17218033