The Special Penitentiary Service has issued a statement saying that the cause of any of the inmates' death in No.17 or other penitentiary establishments has not been the novel virus.
"The Special Penitentiary Service is responding to information by different media outlets claiming that a patient has died of COVID-19 in Penitentiary Facility No.17.
The Special Penitentiary Service stresses that neither of the patients has died of COVID-19 in either prison facilities, including Penitentiary Facility No.17," the statement reads.