If it is true that “newly released inmates were given certificates to show they were free of the virus so that they will be accepted back into their home communities in their home towns” then all 24,900 prisoners were tested for Covid19 and found to be negative. This is a massive use of testing resources. […]

This is bizarre. There is no indication that the annual Thingyan prisoner release in Myanmar was related to Covid19 coronavirus at all. The government denied that there was any connection between the two. Does UNAIDS think its advocacy on covidecarceration had anything to do with the release or the size of the release? Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ […]