In Aying, a group practice is closed for two weeks by order of the health department. A person who works there was tested positive for the corona virus, according to information from Munich's Merkur.
Aying - A skinny sentence on the answering machine of the group practice Am Schmiedberg is currently causing concern among the citizens of the municipality of Aying: "For reasons of infection protection law, the Munich Health Office closes our practice on Monday, March 9, for two weeks," says the voice of the tape . Coronavirus is the reason for the official measure, which is spreading rapidly in the community: According to information from Munich's Mercury, a person who works in the office has infected the pathogen and showed symptoms at the end of the week.
Coronavirus in Aying: authorities are silent
Patients who were in the office during the period in question appeared to have been contacted to determine if they might have been exposed to the virus. On Sunday, it was not possible to find out how the infection came about and whether the authorities were expecting further infections.
Because neither the Bavarian Ministry of Health nor the District Office wanted to officially confirm the case. According to the authorities, there is basically no comment on individual cases of infection in order to protect those affected. A spokeswoman for the district office said only about infection control in the face of the coronavirus epidemic: "The topic is taken very seriously - especially when sensitive areas are affected," she told the editorial team.
Coronavirus in Aying: Mayor was not informed
While the Covid 19 case is circulating in the family doctor's office in the Aying population, the community officials have apparently not been informed so far. Mayor Johann Eichler (PWH) was surprised when he found out about the infection in his community on Sunday at the request of Munich's Mercury. "Nobody has informed me so far," he says. If schools and kindergartens had to be closed as a precaution, the directors of the facilities would be informed directly, Eichler said. The executive officer Klaus Friedrich also heard about the fall on Sunday for the first time. "We rely on the information from the State Health Department and the District Office," says Friedrich.
According to the district office, no school closures or similar measures were planned in the district on Sunday evening.
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