Officially… 41 cases of “Bouhédroun” disease have been recorded in prisons
This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:
This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:
Heba Press
The General Delegation for Prison Administration and Reintegration announced 41 cases of Bouhamroun’s disease.
The delegation specified that among the injured were 23 people in the local prison of Tangier 2, 2 in the ranks of employees, 7 in the local prison of Mohammedia, 5 in the local prison of Ain Bourja, 2 in each of the central prisons from Kenitra. and the local prison of Bourkaiz in Fez, and one in each of the local prison of Tetouan and the local prison of Kelaa of Sraghna.
According to a report from the delegation, it endeavored to take all the preventive and curative measures and procedures stipulated in the health protocol developed by the supervisory ministry in this regard, as soon as symptoms of measles were detected among the new arrivals. of prisoners in certain penitentiary establishments.
The delegation confirmed that cases with symptoms of the disease were isolated from the rest of the detainees in order to subject them to the necessary examinations and laboratory analyzes and provide them with the necessary treatments in accordance with the aforementioned protocol, in coordination with the health services. competent, while paving the way for an optional approach to vaccinating prisoners and employees against this disease with medical personnel affiliated with these services.
With the aim of increasing the degree of vigilance and caution, on January 3, 2025, a regulatory note was distributed to all penitentiary establishments inviting their administrations to take the necessary preventive and corrective measures in the event of monitoring possible indicators of infection, whether between prisoners, employees or companions, and continuous procedural coordination with the health services concerned by the guard sector.
The delegation called on the families of detainees and their loved ones authorized to receive family visits to take into account the seriousness of this situation and to adhere to preventive measures to avoid the risk of transmitting this disease to detainees, by avoiding visiting them if symptoms of an infection appear on them.
