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| Quarentine Over After Negative Testing |
| By ksl.com |
| Published: 06/23/2009 |
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Quarantine over at Draper prison after negative swine flu tests June 22nd, 2009 DRAPER -- The quarantine at the Utah State Prison was lifted after tests for several inmates came back negative Monday for the swine flu. On June 17 the prison quarantined a 50-man dormitory in the Promontory facility after several men showed flu-like symptoms. "The logistics of a prison environment, with offenders living in such close quarters, require that we be vigilant in protecting the health of offenders and Corrections staff," Corrections Executive Director Tom Patterson said in a statement Monday. "This experience provided a good drill in responding to threats of infectious conditions inside the facilities." The swine flu or H1N1 virus has a 43 percent transmission rate for those living in the same household. Test results are not back for another prison inmate, who has been housed in the infirmary after arriving at the Draper facility with flu-like symptoms. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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