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Prisons see jump in Covid-19 as outbreaks identified

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A total of 71 positive cases of Covid-19 have been identified in three prisons where outbreaks have occurred, according to the Irish Prison Service.

Fergal Black, Director of Rehabilitation and Care, said there were also 49 positive cases among staff across the 12 prisons.

Speaking to RTÉ's This Week, he said: "Prisons are a microcosm of the community. Our staff live in the community and work in the prison.

Unfortunately, we’ve had situations where staff who are asymptomatic come into the prison, and as a result of mass testing we've identified that they were Covid positive." These figures are a big jump for the prison system, which up to last month had identified just 504 cases among staff and 276 among prisoners since contact tracing

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