Covid-19: Three cellmates of deceased prisoner test positive

A Prisons Department officer exits the Penang Remand Prison. – Bernama

GEORGE TOWN (Bernama): Three more prisoners who tested positive for Covid-19 from the Penang Remand Prison on Saturday (Oct 10) were placed in the same cell as the inmate who died from the disease on Oct 5.

Penang Remand Prison director Mohamed Jusoh Ismail said there were 26 prisoners in the cell and the other 25 were immediately isolated and quarantined after the prison received information that the inmate who died was Covid-19 positive.