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General Category => Immigration/Border => Topic started by: rangerrebew on June 16, 2019, 11:25:00 am

Title: 5,200 people in ICE custody quarantined for exposure to mumps or chicken pox
Post by: rangerrebew on June 16, 2019, 11:25:00 am
5,200 people in ICE custody quarantined for exposure to mumps or chicken pox


By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN



Washington (CNN)US Immigration and Customs Enforcement has placed 5,200 adult immigrants in quarantine after being exposed to mumps or chicken pox, a dramatic jump from just a few months ago, the agency says.

ICE has recorded cases of either mumps or chicken pox in 39 immigrant detention centers nationwide, an ICE official tells CNN.
Of the 5,200 detainees in quarantine across those centers, around 4,200 are for exposure to mumps. Around 800 were exposed to chicken pox and 100 have been exposed to both.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/14/politics/mumps-chicken-pox-quarantine-ice/index.html?no-st=1560684208 (https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/14/politics/mumps-chicken-pox-quarantine-ice/index.html?no-st=1560684208)