According to the information obtained by the Office of the Commissioner, as of 19 March 2020 there were no cases of COVID-19 infections in the guarded centres for foreigners. No foreign national staying there was under quarantine398. At the guarded centres, no foreign migrants, no employees or other persons employed by the Office for Foreigners, by a medical operator or other external company had symptoms of coronavirus infection399. In guarded centres for foreigners, the following procedure, in force since 2017, was followed: Procedure for ensuring sanitary and epidemiological safety, and for alerts on sanitary and infectious diseases for persons staying in the guarded centres for foreigners. The Chief Sanitary Inspector from the Ministry of Interior and Administration took part in drafting the procedure400. In order to prevent infections, the following guidelines of the Chief Sanitary Inspector from the Ministry of the Interior and Administration were adopted: Guidelines for officers and employees in contact with persons suspected of infection with the new SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, of 28 February 2020. Medical personnel were familiarised with the procedures developed by the Chief Sanitary Inspector from the Ministry of the Interior and Administration. Regular working contacts were also maintained with the local Sanitary Inspector401. The medical operator cooperating with the Office for Foreigners implemented their own internal procedure designed specifically for guarded centres for foreigners and relating to the risk of COVID-19402. Also, in guarded centres for foreigners: • personal protective equipment (disinfectants, protective masks, gloves) was provided for the staff and the foreign migrants; hand and surface disinfectants were available in all staff rooms as well as at entrance doors; • daily disinfection of common spaces in the centres was carried out; • a prohibition to receive visits was introduced; they were replaced by "virtual visits" with the use of an electronic communicator; • the practice of 14-day preventive observation of newly arrived persons was introduced; the persons stayed in a medical isolation room or another room assigned to the isolation purposes; • body temperature checks in the detained foreigners were introduced as a preventive measure (the temperature was checked at least once a day) as well as body temperature checks of all 398 See: letter of the Commander-in-Chief of the Border Guard of 19 March 2020, KG-CU-IV.072.1.2020; Letter of the Head of the Office for Foreigners of 20 March 2020, DPS.WII.0733.2.2020/KL. 399 See: letter of the Head of the Office for Foreigners of 20 March 2020, DPS.WII.0733.2.2020/KL. 400 Ibid. 401 See: letter of the Commander-in-Chief of the Border Guard of 19 March 2020, KG-CU-IV.072.1.2020. 402 See letter of the Head of the Office for Foreigners of 20 March 2020, DPS.WII.0733.2.2020/KL. 146