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Fourth staff member, first inmate at Lansing Correctional Facility test positive for COVID-19
TOPEKA, Kan. (KWCH) Saturday, April 4, 2020
The Kansas Department of Corrections announced Saturday that a fourth staff member and an inmate at the Lansing Correctional Facility have tested positive for COVID-19.
The staff member is a man over the age of 20 and the inmate is a man over the age 50. No other information will be released about the patients.
As with the cases on March 31, the KDOC has been in consultation with officials from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment on next steps to address these circumstances. Additional steps taken today include:
• Reduced movement of residents so that they will remain in their units, but are not locked down in cells
• Necessary movement to recreation or jobs will occur primarily in groups, or cohorts, from the same unit
• Staffing has been modified due to increased absences
“The additional steps today illustrate our continued effort to follow all guidelines issued by public health officials,” Zmuda said. “We appreciate the continued support and guidance of KDHE and Governor Laura Kelly, as we conduct our work in these challenging times.”
KWCH - Wichita - https://bit.ly/348yuXU
TOPEKA, Kan. (KWCH) Saturday, April 4, 2020
The Kansas Department of Corrections announced Saturday that a fourth staff member and an inmate at the Lansing Correctional Facility have tested positive for COVID-19.
The staff member is a man over the age of 20 and the inmate is a man over the age 50. No other information will be released about the patients.
As with the cases on March 31, the KDOC has been in consultation with officials from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment on next steps to address these circumstances. Additional steps taken today include:
• Reduced movement of residents so that they will remain in their units, but are not locked down in cells
• Necessary movement to recreation or jobs will occur primarily in groups, or cohorts, from the same unit
• Staffing has been modified due to increased absences
“The additional steps today illustrate our continued effort to follow all guidelines issued by public health officials,” Zmuda said. “We appreciate the continued support and guidance of KDHE and Governor Laura Kelly, as we conduct our work in these challenging times.”
KWCH - Wichita - https://bit.ly/348yuXU