Covid-19 outbreak hits inmates at Edinburgh's Saughton Prison
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Approximately 30 inmates detained in the jail’s Hermiston Hall have tested positive with coronavirus. A further 200 are isolating among.
It is understood the outbreak has not affected other areas of the establishment, which holds up to 800 remand and convicted prisoners of both sexes.
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A Scottish Prison Service spokesman confirmed the siutation at HMP Edinburgh.
He said: “There have been a number of cases and a group of prisoners have been isolated as a precaution.
"This is being managed in line in the same manner as with similar situations in other establishments.”
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