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View all search resultsPolice make detainees sunbathe to 'prevent infection'
The police believed that allowing the detainees to get sunlight in an outdoor setting would increase their immunity.
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edan Helvetia Police station in Medan, North Sumatra has set a new routine to prevent its detainees from contracting COVID-19, namely sending them outdoors to soak up the sun for a set amount of time.
The police believed that allowing the detainees to get sunlight in an outdoor setting would increase their immunity.
Medan Helvetia Police chief Comr. Pardamean Hutahaean said they decided to put the detainees in the sun after some of them developed a rash.
“We have taken a number of approaches to maintain our detainees’ health and immunity. Today, we allowed the detainees, under guards’ close supervision, to absorb some sunlight in the police station’s yard,” he said.
The detainees also had hair cut, he added. “These detainees had not attended to their hair for a while, and it was unhygienic.”
Apart from grooming the detainees, the police station also disinfected cells, while ensuring social distancing and carrying out body temperature checks on prisoners.
Thus far, the police station has recorded no infections among detainees.
