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Ohio Prison Coronavirus Outbreak Continues To Spread Into Community

Marion County is a small central Ohio county with one of the highest per capita coronavirus infection rates in the country. Some four out of five inmates at one country prison have tested positive, and the virus is spreading into the rest of the community now.

Here & Now’s Tonya Mosley speaks with Marion County Public Health Commissioner Traci Kinsler.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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