LAWYERS for Liberty refers to the alarming spike of Covid-19 infections on Oct 17, when 869 new cases were recorded – the highest to date – of which 186 cases were from the Penang Remand Prison and Seberang Prai Prison in Penang, and the Alor Setar Prison in Kedah.
Even though Health director- general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah has, in response to this spike, stated that there is a need to relook into Covid-19 standard operating procedures (SOPs) in prison, doing so may have only a negligible effect now that the number of cases is increasing alarmingly.
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