Virginia juvenile detention center new coronavirus hotspot
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
UPDATED: 02:59 EDT, 18 April 2020
BON AIR, Va. (AP) - Coronavirus has erupted inside a juvenile detention center in Virginia with 25 kids testing positive, accounting for a quarter of all cases reported at youth facilities nationwide, officials said Friday.
Children?s rights advocates and health experts have warned state officials for weeks that it was just a matter of time before the virus took off inside juvenile facilities. They have called on Gov. Ralph Northam to start releasing as many children as safely possible from centers, including at the newly hit Bon Air Juvenile Correctional Center outside Richmond.
"Unfortunately, those sworn to protect our vulnerable youth have failed," said Liz Ryan, head of the Washington-based nonprofit Youth First Initiative. "It?s clear that refusing to listen to public health experts has put our youth and communities at extreme risk."
So far, 97 kids have tested positive nationwide, more than half of them in Virginia and Louisiana.
....https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap...s-hotspot.html
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
UPDATED: 02:59 EDT, 18 April 2020
BON AIR, Va. (AP) - Coronavirus has erupted inside a juvenile detention center in Virginia with 25 kids testing positive, accounting for a quarter of all cases reported at youth facilities nationwide, officials said Friday.
Children?s rights advocates and health experts have warned state officials for weeks that it was just a matter of time before the virus took off inside juvenile facilities. They have called on Gov. Ralph Northam to start releasing as many children as safely possible from centers, including at the newly hit Bon Air Juvenile Correctional Center outside Richmond.
"Unfortunately, those sworn to protect our vulnerable youth have failed," said Liz Ryan, head of the Washington-based nonprofit Youth First Initiative. "It?s clear that refusing to listen to public health experts has put our youth and communities at extreme risk."
So far, 97 kids have tested positive nationwide, more than half of them in Virginia and Louisiana.
....https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap...s-hotspot.html
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