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Huge Covid outbreak at HMP Dovegate as 74 inmates and prison staff test positive

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A jail is the centre of a large coronavirus outbreak with 74 inmates and members of staff testing positive so far. Serco, the private firm that runs Dovegate prison near Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, did not confirm how many of the positive cases were staff.

But the firm, which is contracted the Government, insists all measures are being taken to control the spread. It is not know how many prisoners are in the prison but it has a capacity of 1,110 inmates.

Staffordshire County Council was notified of the cases at the category B prison on Monday. Prison director Clare Pearson told StaffordshireLive : "Over recent days the covid infection rate for both staff and prisoners in our establishment has followed the trend in the community and has

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