A prisoner at Schrassig Prison has tested positive for Covid-19 this week, its director Serge Legil told Luxemburger Wort on Saturday evening following another interview on Radio 100,7.
It were the first case since the start of the pandemic. New prisoners arriving at the penitentiary last year were placed in quarantine, and by doing so 15 positive cases could be isolated.
It is unclear how the virus got into the prison. Since the infection occurred in a block where there is little movement of detainees, one has to assue for the time being that the virus was brought in through a member of staff, Legil said.
The prisoner’s two roommates have been put into isolation.
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