In Wildeshausen (Lower Saxony, Oldenburg), 41 residents and employees of a senior center have tested positive for Covid-19. An 89-year-old man has now died as a result of the Sars-CoV-2 coronavirus.
- In Wildeshausen , many people have been infected with Covid-19 in a retirement home
- Corona virus was apparently introduced by an employee
- Corona outbreak : Another death in the Atrium retirement home in Wildeshausen
Update, 7.45 p.m .: Corona outbreak in the district of Oldenburg : There is another death in the senior residence Atrium am Wall in Wildeshausen . As the district of Oldenburg reported on Monday evening, an 89-year-old resident died on Monday, who was one of the 23 Covid-19 residents who tested positive. "In addition to the most serious previous illnesses, which mean a significantly higher susceptibility, there was now an infection with the corona virus ," said spokesman Oliver Galeotti.
Corona in Wildeshausen: First death of a district resident
The infection was determined by testing the entire facility last Friday. The facility had not previously identified acute respiratory symptoms indicative of Covid-19. With this, the district of Oldenburg unfortunately has to complain about the first death of a district resident in connection with an infection with the coronavirus. (dr)
Update from March 30, 6 p.m. Meanwhile, the Atrium retirement home in Wildeshausen, according to its managing director Thomas Münch, has problems with having enough nursing staff . According to the corona tests by the health department of the district of Oldenburg , 18 of the 41 nurses, almost half of them, were infected with the corona virus.
Corona infections in retirement home: healthy employees in concern
However, Münch is particularly worried about the healthy employees who do not want to come to work for fear of being infected . "This is understandable from a human point of view, but it presents us with major problems because, of course, the non-infected residents must also be taken care of," he told the Evangelical Press Service on Monday.
However, he told Kreiszeitung.de *: "It looks good that we can reasonably cover the next 14 quarantine days with sufficient staff." Apparently, thanks to a delivery with protective items by the health department and an announced donation of 300 filter masks ensured at least until the end of the week that the employees of the atrium are protected. According to Münch, there are no infections in the kitchen and in-house laundry. (dr)
Corona outbreak in the district of Oldenburg: virus introduced into retirement home
First report from March 30th : Wildeshausen - State of emergency in the senior residence Atrium am Wall in Wildeshausen . Thomas Münch, managing director of the residence, announced on Sunday afternoon at the request of Kreiszeitung.de * that as of Saturday at 6 p.m. 23 residents were tested positive and 28 negative for the corona virus. Of the employees, 18 were tested positive and 23 employees tested negative for Covid-19 .
According to Kreiszeitung.de *, one person who died of the corona infection on Friday night was an 89-year-old man from Delmenhorst who was in short-term care in the atrium . He suffered from several previous illnesses and was admitted to the Johanneum hospital, where he died. It is not considered to cause infections in the atrium. The corona virus was apparently introduced from the outside. According to Münch, it is most likely that one of the employees brought it to the facility.
Corona test eliminates unreported cases in the Wildeshausen atrium
According to information from Kreiszeitung.de, employees of the health department were on site on Friday and carried out a corona test on all residents and employees. The test persons and their relatives were apparently informed of the results by telephone on Saturday. "As a result, we currently have no more uncertainties or unreported figures in the house," writes Münch, who points out that his facility was one of the first in Germany to be closed to visitors due to the Corona crisis . "Over the past few weeks, we have implemented a number of measures to protect residents that go far beyond the specified hygiene measures. Despite everything, we were unfortunately unable to keep the corona virus out of our care facility, ”he added.
In Wildeshauser Atirum am Wall 41 people have Covid-19.
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Relatives, however, were already criticized some days ago that the nursing staff in the senior residence do not wear a face mask despite the Corona crisis . When asked by the home management, it was explained that nobody could be forced to do so. Münch put that into perspective. “Until Friday, we had no opportunity to get protective suits and safe masks, even though we tried. We are now being provided with sufficient protective clothing and masks, ”he said, looking at the corona virus .
Residents with Covid 19 findings are cared for in rooms
"The health department gave us clear instructions on how to proceed now so that the care of our residents is ensured," continued Münch. “Residents with a positive Covid 19 result stay in their rooms and are completely cared for there. The care is provided by employees who are also Covid 19-positive , but whose state of health enables them to work. For employees who have tested positive, there is an exemption from home quarantine for working hours in our company. ”
The negatively tested residents are in turn cared for by negatively tested employees in the Atrium Wildeshausen . Because of the corona virus, these residents are also housed individually for two weeks. According to information from our newspaper, the residents' doors are marked with green or red notes to quickly identify whether or not there is a sick person behind them. Apparently there are currently only weak courses of the viral disease in the atrium .
108 confirmed corona diseases in the district of Oldenburg
The number of people infected with the coronavirus in the Oldenburg district rose to 108 after the outbreak of the infection in a Wildeshaus retirement home on Monday. The district administration announced that nine people had recovered on Sunday afternoon. Thus, there were 99 patients in the district of Oldenburg on Monday. According to the message, the exact path of entry of the corona virus into the retirement home can no longer be clarified with certainty. "There are various options, but the extent of the infection numbers in relation to the time contamination and the outbreak of the disease indicates that the virus was not recently registered," writes the district.
Read also: Corona news in the Lower Saxony ticker from Kreiszeitung.de *
"It is a terrible development. But it shows us all in a brutal way how important the restrictions such as the ban on entry or the ban on contact are, ”explains District Administrator Carsten Harings. “We all have to keep strictly to slow the spread of the corona virus. I wish the sick residents as well as the employees and all other sick people in the district a quick and good recovery. "
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