The Chinese Central Political Commission sent an inspection team to investigate the Mysterious Prison in Shandong, where 207 people were found to be infected with nCoV.

Lei Dong Sinh, deputy secretary general of the Central Political Committee, who is in charge of the inspection team, pledged to "make every effort" to isolate suspected cases of nCoV infection and to ensure that infected prisoners are treated. at the hospital.

Mr. Lei said China's Ministry of Justice has sent 28 working missions to prisons nationwide to ensure compliance with the direction to strengthen supervision of guards and staff to prevent the spread of nCoV.

China has detected more than 500 cases of nCoV infection in prisons across the country, raising concerns about new outbreaks. Hubei Province, the center of the Covid-19 epidemic, reported on February 21 that 271 people were infected with nCoV in provincial prisons, of which 220 cases have not been reported.

The Shandong Provincial Health Committee said on the same day that seven guards and 200 prisoners at Qilin Cheng Prison were positive for nCoV. 34 cases were also recorded at Shijiazhuang Prison, east of Zhejiang Province. Many judicial officials and prison officials have been dismissed for spreading the virus to detention facilities.

The Covid-19 outbreak began in Wuhan from December 2019 and spread to 31 Chinese provinces. As of 2/22, the Covid-19 epidemic occurred in 30 countries and territories with more than 77,000 cases, 2,360 deaths, mainly in mainland China.