ST. ALBANS, Vt. (AP) — A Vermont prison is on full lockdown after two staff members tested positive for the virus that causes COVID-19, the Department of Corrections said Tuesday.
One of the staff members at the Northwest State Correctional Facility in St. Albans was last in the facility on Dec. 23. The other staff member was not in the facility during the infectious period, the department said in a news release.
Contract tracing has been completed, officials said.
Inmates at the prison were last tested for the coronavirus on Dec. 21 and all results were negative. Testing of all staff and inmates is scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday.
A total of 32 Vermont corrections staff members have tested positive for the virus since the pandemic began. A total of 137 inmates held in Vermont prisons and 224 held out of state have tested positive during the course of the pandemic.
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