All six prisoners had returned a negative rapid antigen test result as of Friday afternoon, but the results of PCR tests await. Photo / Mark Mitchell
Six prisoners who recently arrived at Whanganui Prison are isolating after being confirmed as close contacts to a Covid-19 case at another prison.
But no prisoner or staff member at Whanganui Prison, based in Kaitoke, had yet returned a positive test result for Covid-19, a Corrections spokesperson said.
"Six prisoners
who were received into Whanganui Prison on Wednesday were moved to the site's quarantine unit after we received information that they may have been in contact with a person who tested positive for Covid-19 at another prison."
All six prisoners had returned a negative rapid antigen test result as of Friday afternoon.
But they underwent PCR testing on Friday and those results have not been revealed yet.
