A field hospital has been set up at Chiang Mai prison after 144 new prisoners and two officers were found to have been infected with Covid-19.
Corrections Department director-general Aryut Sinthoppan said on Monday that the new infections had been detected from April 12-22 while new prisoners were being quarantined for Covid tests.
The two infected prison officers have been admitted to a field hospital for treatment and Zone 6 inside the prison that been converted into a separate field hospital for the infected prisoners.
That field hospital will also be used to admit other inmates who test positive for Covid-19 in future.
Zone 6 had originally been used as a temporary reception area for new inmates before they are moved to other areas.
Chiang Mai prison, which is in Mae Taeng district, now holds 6,404 prisoners.
Mr Aryat’s deputy, Weerakit Harnpariphan, said…
