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All state prison inmates will be tested for COVID-19; National Guard will assist
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Title (Dublin Core)
All state prison inmates will be tested for COVID-19; National Guard will assist
Description (Dublin Core)
On August 5th, Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson announced a plan to test all of the people incarcerated at the 19 state prisons. As of the press conference 10 of the facilities had already been tested and the remaining 9 would be completed by the end of August. To help with this 10 National Guard personnel will be assisting.
Other figures provided show just how quickly the virus spread through an enclosed population that is unable to social distance. At three facilities the total number of cases was 666 and five days later the total case count was well over three thousand.
Other figures provided show just how quickly the virus spread through an enclosed population that is unable to social distance. At three facilities the total number of cases was 666 and five days later the total case count was well over three thousand.
incarceration, outbreak, spread, prison, Arkansas, Asa Hutchinson, National Guard, testing
Date (Dublin Core)
August 5, 2020
Creator (Dublin Core)
Ninette Sosa
Contributor (Dublin Core)
Chris Twing
Event Identifier (Dublin Core)
HST580
Partner (Dublin Core)
Arizona State University
Type (Dublin Core)
article with video
Link (Bibliographic Ontology)
Publisher (Dublin Core)
KNWA Fox 24
Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)
English
Government Federal
English
Government State
English
Public Health & Hospitals
Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)
outbreak
prison
testing
Asa Hutchinson
National Guard
Collection (Dublin Core)
Incarceration
Linked Data (Dublin Core)
Date Submitted (Dublin Core)
08/13/2020
Date Modified (Dublin Core)
08/14/2020
08/02/2022
09/24/2024
Date Created (Dublin Core)
08/05/2020
This item was submitted on August 13, 2020 by Chris Twing using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: https://covid-19archive.org/s/archive
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