South Korea tries to contain COVID-19 outbreak in prison

    1. South Korean authorities scrambled to contain a cluster of coronavirus infections in a Seoul prison as inmates waved signs through barred windows pleading for help, while the US military got South Korea’s nod to vaccinate South Korean troops.
    2. There were 1,050 new cases nationally as of Tuesday midnight, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said on Wednesday (Dec 30), bringing the total case tally to 59,773 and death toll to 879.
    3. A prison in southeastern Seoul had 771 inmates and 21 staff infected, bringing the total number of infections linked to the facility to 792, the justice ministry told Reuters.
    4. Justice Minister Choo Mi-ae on Tuesday visited the prison and ordered the separation of infected inmates and the expansion of granting parole to exemplary prisoners, the ministry said in a statement.
    5. Meanwhile, media displayed pictures of the inmates holding up signs reading “Please save us”.

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