Coronavirus in Jalisco today: the Puente Grande prison registered 60 confirmed cases and two inmates recovered

The Ministry of Health of the state of Jalisco reported that 60 people have tested positive for coronavirus at the Puente Grande Penitentiary Complex. As of May 2, only 58 cases had been counted; however, 24 hours later, two other cases were confirmed.

It was reported that the majority of those infected are asymptomatic, stable and isolated from the population. In addition to two patients32 and 24 year old inmates, they had to be hospitalized, but they were already discharged by the health authorities.

The SSa has ensured that this It is the only prison in the state where a coronavirus outbreak has been recorded., so the rest of the prison system is safe from the disease, for the moment.

For weeks, a random sampling is carried out within the prison with the aim of identifying in a timely manner the greatest number of cases. In this, priority is given to risk groups, specifically the elderly and the chronically ill.

According to what the doctor in Social Sciences, specialist in prison issues, Danielle Strickland, told the newspaper Reform, overcrowding in prisons encourages virus spread, which could represent a significant risk.

However, the authorities stated that maintain epidemiological surveillance, prevention and control actions within the facilities.

The Jalisco State Human Rights Commission (CEDHJ) urged the authorities of the judiciary to depressurize the prison. This would allow applying the relevant social distancing measures to prevent further contagion.

The body’s fourth visitor, Javier Perlasca Chávez, reported that They sent an institutional email from which no response was obtained. “We made a request to the Judiciary through the President of the Supreme Court and the Judicial Council on April 28 (April),” he reported.

CEFHJ proposes that inmate records be reviewed to identify which of them are candidates for home protection, early release or the use of electronic devices.

On April 28, the National Human Rights Commission announced that 27 positive cases had been registered in state prisons, not counting those in Puente Grande.

Rosario Piedra, head of the CNDH released a report of the actions implemented up to that moment. In this, a pronouncement was also made on health deficiencies in the penal infrastructure.

The CNDH issued a statement warning about deficiencies in the prison health infrastructure, calling on the authorities to address the high risk of becoming points susceptible to contagion, while demanding that the right to health of this population be guaranteed. in the face of the pandemic

The 60 infections of the Puente Grande prison are part of the 510 confirmed cases of coronavirus in Jalisco, of which 387 were notified on the federal platform, 92 detected in laboratories of the University of Guadalajara and 31 in a private laboratory.

In 24 hours, that state registered 41 infected people, which returned to May 3, the second “worst” day of the entity during the pandemic.

Nationwide, 23,471 cases of coronavirus have been registered so far, as well as 2,154 deaths from the disease. The authorities estimate that the peak of infections will be next May 16, that is, in approximately a week.

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