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Failure to require employee health screenings, masking, social distancing and other safeguards led to one of the state’s largest single-site COVID-19 outbreaks this summer at the York County Jail, according to a new report initiated by the sheriff and county commissioners.
The jail operated on the false belief that once inmates entered the system with a negative COVID test they would be safe from infection, but that overlooked the risk of employees bringing the virus into the facility, which is exactly what happened, the report said. In all, 107 people – 48 inmates, 43 staff and 16 household members – were infected. COVID-19 was also cited as a factor in the death of one man infected during the jail outbreak.
Failure to follow safety protocols led to COVID-19 outbreak at York County Jail, report confirms
Masking, social distancing and other precautions were largely ignored at the jail, the site of one of the state s largest outbreaks, according to a report by an outside investigator.
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Failure to require employee health screenings, masking, social distancing and other safeguards led to one of the state’s largest single-site COVID-19 outbreaks this summer at the York County Jail, according to a new report initiated by the sheriff and county commissioners.
The jail operated on the false belief that once inmates entered the system with a negative COVID test they would be safe from infection, but that overlooked the risk of employees bringing the virus into the facility, which is exactly what happened, the report said. In all, 107 people – 48 inmates, 43 staff and 16 household members – were infected. COVID-19 was also cited as a factor in the death of one man infected during t