500-case outbreak at federal prison; more countries added to CDC’s ‘avoid travel’ list: COVID-19 updates

Nearly 500 inmates at a federal prison in Mississippi have tested positive for COVID-19, currently the highest number of inmate cases among federal prisons nationwide, according to the Bureau of Prisons.Federal Correctional Institution Yazoo City’s medium-security prison has 472 inmates and six staff members with COVID-19, according to recent numbers from the Bureau of Prisons. The medium-security prison has a population of 1,425.The…

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