Eighteen guards and inmates at a jam-packed Philippine prison have tested positive for the coronavirus, officials said, heightening fears that a rapid spread of the disease may occur inside the country’s jails.
Another 30 prisoners were showing symptoms inside the Quezon City Jail in the capital Manila – a facility so crowded that most of the inmates take turns sleeping on staircases and open-air basketball courts.
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