The vast majority of infections have occurred in Kinshasa. — AFP pic
“Fifty-six people in Ndolo military prison were confirmed with Covid-19” on Saturday, the government’s latest epidemiological bulletin said.The jail, located in the north of the DRC’s capital, was built during Belgian colonial rule for 500 inmates but today houses between 1,900 and 2,000, according to various sources.
Congolese authorities say that there is no case yet at Makala, the largest prison in Kinshasa, which houses at least 8,400 detainees.
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