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Measles, Chicken Pox Breaks Out At Mongu
Prison
By Perpetual Sichikwenkwe in Mongu
Measles and chicken pox have reportedly broken out at Mongu Central Prison
forcing prison authorities to quarantine the affected inmates to avoid the
spread of diseases.
Authorities at the prison disclosed that the two diseases broke out on July
20, 2006 and 12 inmates were affected with measles and chicken box.
It is suspected that there was one inmate who had the disease before he was
detained at the prison and the disease spread because of congestion.
Government officials in Mongu have since issued a directive that no inmates
should be allowed to go out of the prison to avoid the spread of the
diseases to other places and have also embarked on an immunisation programme
to prevent other inmates from being infected with the disease.
“Yes there is an out break of measles and chicken pox at the prison and so
far 12 inmates have been quarantined. We have also decided that starting
tomorrow (July 26), no inmate will be allowed to go out of the prison to
avoid the spread of the disease to other places” a source at the prison
said.
Mongu Central Prison was built in 1957 with a capacity of hosting 200
inmates but it has more than what it can contain at the moment.
Measles and chicken pox are airborne contagious diseases.
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