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TWO prisoners at HMP Bullingdon are being tested for coronavirus, it has been reported.
The men are understood to have been put in isolation until the results of the tests are known. Access to and from one wing of the prison has been restricted.
The prison near Bicester is where many of those dealt with by the Swindon courts are held.
A source told the Oxford Mail, the Adver's sister paper, that prisoners were told about the tests today, with one of the prisoners suspected to have the virus having recently been in Thailand.
The Mail put these claims to PHE and to HMP Bullingdon. HMP Bullingdon has not yet responded to requests for comment.
Care UK, which runs Bullingdon's healthcare, declined to comment.
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