A worker is spraying disinfectant as part of measures against the Covid-19 (coronavirus) at a prison in Banda Aceh. A total of 124 detainees and prisoners in Indonesia have tested positive for the virus, according to the Directorate General of Corrections Indonesia of the Ministry of Law and Human Rights. - AFP
JAKARTA, Oct. 5 (Xinhua): A total of 124 detainees and prisoners in Indonesia have tested positive for Covid-19, according to the Directorate General of Corrections Indonesia of the Ministry of Law and Human Rights on Monday.
Rika Aprianti, the directorate's head of public relations, said that the detainees and prisoners got infected by correctional officers.
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