Carian mengenai topik Penang Remand Prison

The Enhanced Movement Control Order (EMCO) imposed at four areas including the Penang Remand Prison and its staff quarters in the Timur Laut district, end today.

Penang Remand Prison director Mohamed Jusoh Ismail said the inmates are currently housed in a special block away.

All staff who had come into close contact with inmates confirmed positive for COVID-19 at the Penang Remand Prison have tested negative in a second screening test done.

The Penang Remand Prison and its staff quarters will be placed under the Enhanced Movement Control Order (EMCO) from Thursday (Oct 15).

The Penang government will propose to the federal government to impose the Enhanced Movement Control Order (EMCO) for the Penang Remand Prison and staff quarters.

Full restrictions will be imposed on prison blocks where COVID-19 positive inmates are housed.

All 320 Penang Remand Prison staff who have undergone the first COVID-19 screening since Oct 5 have been confirmed to be free of the virus.

Three more prisoners who tested positive for COVID-19 at the Penang Remand Prison yesterday are those placed in the same cell as the inmate who died from the disease on Oct 5.

The seven individuals tested positive for COVID-19 at the Penang Remand Prison yesterday are inmates in the same cell as the eight people tested positive previously.

The Penang Remand Prison has taken immediate action to isolate and quarantine all inmates and staff believed to have been in close contact with an inmate who presumably died of COVID-19