Contra Costa Health Services announced Wednesday that an inmate at the Martinez Detention Facility has tested positive for the COVID-19 coronavirus.
The patient tested positive Tuesday while Contra Costa Health Services workers were conducting proactive, asymptomatic testing of inmates at the facility. The person, who is in stable condition, has since been placed in isolation to receive care from the county’s doctors and nurses.
County public health workers believe the risk of the virus spreading to other parts of the jail is low because the patient was swiftly quarantined. CCHS is also conducting a contact tracing investigation to quarantine anyone else the patient might have come into contact with.
CCHS began testing inmates at the jail in mid-March as they are booked into the facility. All inmates entering the facility are quarantined and tested twice daily for symptoms, according to county officials. Since mid-March, CCHS has conducted 53 tests.
Kinda hard to wrap my head around how the criminals are getting released for health reasons…but the citizens are being asked to stay inside. We left our seniors to rot and die but again let’s release the guilty!?!
Yep, sad😢
Pretty much the definition of Dystopia. Not enough people seem concerned about where this is headed.
The other thing I have a hard time understanding is how Gavin Newsom could possibly think putting covid-19 positive people into nursing homes, board and care, and assisted-care facilities is a good idea, or that offering $1,000 a DAY to take them wouldn’t lead to abuse and a spike in infections/death.
So one inmate has THE FLU!
Worse thing they did was release people that can’t or won’t follow directions.
Seems like THEY want it to spread.
Lost all credability with me.
Not surprised. Did they test the jail workers too? Of course health experts are still really on the fence about the reliability of these tests.
any chance the demorat politicians can create chaos and get more control
they will
look your up in arms so when they come and say well we need a tax to help with this and more oversight and control
liberals love the chaos it is their tool for control
Don’t let em out!
Has to be Dumb & Dumber … USA leadership would have to classify it as “EDUCATIONAL” … sheeesh.