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Edmonton remand inmate tests positive for COVID-19, prisoner transfers halted

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EDMONTON — Alberta health officials say an inmate has tested positive for COVID-19 at the Edmonton Remand Centre.

They say the inmate was asymptomatic when he was admitted to the centre June 30.

As is protocol, he was tested on admission and placed in quarantine for two weeks.

Although an initial test came back negative, the man developed a symptom and was isolated on July 11.

A subsequent test was positive for COVID-19.

The inmate remains in isolation and transfers out of the remand centre have been suspended for a day as a precaution.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 15, 2020

The Canadian Press

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