CNN Philippines (April 25) — A male inmate at the Mandaue City in Cebu caught the coronavirus, the local government said.
The detainee was admitted at Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center, the Mandaue City Public Information Office said in a Facebook post Friday night.
There are 11 confirmed COVID-19 cases in the city.
The local government said city jail officials are preparing for contact tracing.
A petition for the early release of prisoners deemed highly vulnerable to the disease is pending before the Supreme Court, as human rights groups said detention cells are “ticking time bombs” for infections.
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