In American prisons, the coronavirus has infected more than 5 thousand employees

Since the beginning of the pandemic in the United States of America, coronavirus infection has infected more than 5 thousand prison officers. This data was presented by broadcaster ABC.

As stated by the source, the lion’s share of infected persons are the employees of the local prisons, which are subordinate to state governments. Among staff in Federal prisons the number of people infected with coronavirus amounted to 359.

To monitor and prepare for infection control and prevention and further treatment, the Federal Bureau of prisons applies a detailed manual of conduct and personnel actions.

In the framework announced in the United States coronavirus pandemic, all prisons transferred to a special operating mode, in which there are specific requirements to comply with sanitary standards and norms of personal hygiene of the prisoners and staff of the institutions.

In accordance with statistics, the Johns Hopkins University, on the territory of the United States of America total number of infected by the coronavirus during the whole period of the pandemic amounted to more than 1.2 million people. The number of deaths — 70,9 thousand.