Anti-vaxxer inmate sparks outbreak in Spanish prison

Anti-vaxxer inmate sparks outbreak in Spanish prison while others battle the fifth wave.

One of the fastest-spreading outbreaks is in Las Palmas II prison, located on Gran Canaria in Spain’s Canary Islands. As of Wednesday, August, 4, 77 infections had been recorded among inmates, but this figure is likely to rise as the results of PCR tests on more prisoners come back, say sources from Spain’s prison authority.

The present outbreak came to light last week after an inmate came down with a high fever. This prisoner had apparently refused to get immunised “because he didn’t trust” Covid-19 vaccines. According to prison sources, less than 3% of the 47,000 prisoners in Spain have refused to be vaccinated.

The fifth wave of coronavirus infections in Spain is hitting prisons hard, despite the fact that a high percentage of inmates are vaccinated against Covid-19. According to union sources, 11 penitentiaries have recorded coronavirus outbreaks among prisoners in the last few weeks, with entire modules forced to isolate in some cases.

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Prison authorities in Picassent, in the Spanish region of Valencia, confirmed back in Jul 29 a total of 77 coronavirus cases in the Picassent prison following two Covid-19 outbreaks.

The first outbreak occurred a week before, with 14 confirmed positive cases, while the second week reported another 63 cases.

Prison authorities told Efe 123 inmates from the same prison module were currently in quarantine pending their Covid-19 test results.

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