Three newly admitted inmates and a staff nurse working at the Changi Prison Complex have tested positive for Covid-19 as of Friday (May 29).
The four patients are unlinked to one another and there are no cases of further infection arising from these cases, the Singapore Prison Service (SPS) said in a statement on Saturday.
All three inmates were newly admitted and were still undergoing cohort segregation when they tested positive for the virus following a swab test.
They were immediately isolated from the rest of the newly admitted inmates and housed in a separate prison facility.
Two of the inmates have recovered and returned to the general prison population, after being discharged from the facility. The third inmate remains clinically well and has already tested negative for the virus, but remains isolated as an added precaution.
The staff nurse, from SPS’ medical service provider, has also recovered and is back at work.
SPS said it has implemented a range of precautionary measures for both inmates and staff, such as segregating all newly admitted inmates at Changi Prison for 14 days from the general inmate population.
