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November 5, 2020
COVID-19 Risk Management and Screening in the Penitentiary Facilities of the Salerno Province in Southern Italy
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…
October 22, 2020
COVID-19 in a Correctional Facility Employee Following Multiple Brief Exposures to Persons with COVID-19 — Vermont, July–August 2020
A correctional facility officer in Vermont contracted SARS-CoV-2 after multiple brief encounters with 6 SARS-CoV-2 positive incarcerated or detained persons (IDPs) for a cumulative duration of 17 minutes. However, he did not meet the operational definition of a “close contact” in contact tracing investigations, which is being within 6 feet of infectious persons for 15…