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UPDATE: Five Mumps Cases Confirmed At Bergen County Jail, Lockdown Continues UPDATE: Five Mumps Cases Confirmed At Bergen County Jail, Lockdown Continues
Update: Five Mumps Cases Confirmed At Bergen County Jail, Lockdown Continues Five Bergen County Jail inmates were confirmed with mumps, authorities said Friday. "The Bergen County Department of Health Services has received confirmation of five of the 6 suspected cases of mumps in the Bergen County Jail with no additional cases at this time being reported," said Michael Pagan, a spokesman for County Executive Jim Tedesco. "A sixth suspected case was negative." A lockdown continued at the jail. The lockdown will be lifted on July 6 if no new cases are found, authorities said. "Isolation means no additional inmates accepted and no one out until we're comfortable that…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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UPDATE: Bergen County Jail In Total Lockdown, Five Inmates Quarantined With Mumps UPDATE: Bergen County Jail In Total Lockdown, Five Inmates Quarantined With Mumps
Update: Bergen County Jail In Total Lockdown, Five Inmates Quarantined With Mumps The entire Bergen County Jail was in lockdown after five inmates were quarantined with suspected mumps, authorities reported Tuesday night. "Isolation means no additional inmates accepted and no one out until we're comfortable that there's no risk of exposure," County Executive Jim Tedesco said during a news conference in Hackensack.No staffers have shown any signs of infection, Tedesco said, adding that 1,000 doses of a vaccine were ordered for staff and inmates. "Inmates who are scheduled to get out [Wednesday] need to be inoculated," Tedesco said. "We want to make sure we don’t put this…

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by Cecilia Levine
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UPDATE: Five Mumps Cases Confirmed At Bergen County Jail, Lockdown Continues UPDATE: Five Mumps Cases Confirmed At Bergen County Jail, Lockdown Continues
Update: Five Mumps Cases Confirmed At Bergen County Jail, Lockdown Continues Five Bergen County Jail inmates were confirmed with mumps, authorities said Friday. "The Bergen County Department of Health Services has received confirmation of five of the 6 suspected cases of mumps in the Bergen County Jail with no additional cases at this time being reported," said Michael Pagan, a spokesman for County Executive Jim Tedesco. "A sixth suspected case was negative." A lockdown continued at the jail. The lockdown will be lifted on July 6 if no new cases are found, authorities said. "Isolation means no additional inmates accepted and no one out until we're comfortable that…

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by Jerry DeMarco