With the appearance of the first symptoms, the prisoner was isolated in the ward of the Madrid prison and another. The latter was also in contact with the infected ertzaina. On the recommendation of doctors, the infected inmate has been admitted to a hospital because of his or her previous pathologies.

Therefore, the Directorate General of Penitentiary Institutions of Spain has adopted measures to prevent the spread of the epidemic in Álava, La Rioja and Madrid. In the next two weeks you will only be able to receive visits in the newsroom, and they will be banned from scheduled treatment departures.