Two defendants of the N5 penitentiary for women tested positive for COVID-19. According to the Special Penitentiary Service, the condition of the infected people is stable.

“They are under the supervision and receive appropriate medical services in the civil sector clinic. Both defendants had direct contact with a nurse at the same facility who was confirmed with the virus on March 20.

As for the contacts of the infected, they were checked by PCR tests, and all the answers are negative. They are under the supervision, in the quarantine area of the facility, and will be released after two weeks when they undergo a repeated PCR testing”, - reads the statement of the agency.