According to the managing director, the vaccination team is said to have triggered a massive corona outbreak in a retirement home in Lichtenfels.
The district office defends itself against the allegations.
Update from January 14, 10:27 a.m.:
After a visit by a
vaccination team
,
a massive
corona outbreak
occurred in a senior citizens
facility
in
Lichtenfels
.
The managing director of the Elisabeth-Heim, Fabian Franke, then made the members of the team responsible for the spread.
However, this was
consistently rejected
by the responsible
district office
.
The
authority now also rejected the
accusation that the
health department
had reacted too late.
Video conferences were held with the home management beforehand.
The visits of the
vaccination team were
agreed upon, the authority told the
BR
.
The district administrator,
Christian Meißner
(CSU),
has now
personally
joined the discussion
.
"It has been proven that people are wrongly pilloried here who have been committed to fighting the pandemic for months beyond the usual level - in the health department, in home supervision, in the disaster control management group and of course in the vaccination center," said the district administrator.
In the
district administration as well as in the health department
one is dismayed by the allegations.
The constant need to refute new allegations ties up unnecessary capacities that would be better invested in combating the outbreak.
“Assigning blame doesn't help anyone here at the moment!”
Meißner is
quoted further in the press release.
For the avoidance of doubt, the staff were
vaccination teams
in the past week on the
Coronavirus
tested.
All tests were negative, according to the
district office
.
In order to get the Covid-19 outbreak in Lichtenfels under control, they now want to work even more closely with the home and care service management.
Employees of the
district office
and the
health department
should now support, among other things, the creation of duty rosters and personnel planning.
The
Bundeswehr
should also help fight the pandemic.
According to Franke, 51 residents and 28 employees have currently tested positive for the virus.
Corona in Lichtenfels: Serious allegations against vaccination team
(Initial report) Lichtenfels - The accusations weigh heavily: A
retirement home
in Bavaria Lichtenfels (district Lichtenfels) throws
vaccination teams
before, the
coronavirus
to have been introduced into the facility.
Vaccination in Bavaria: Altenheim blames vaccination teams for the corona outbreak
After Christmas, employees of a vaccination team were working in the nursing home.
According to
BR
,
managing director
Fabian Franke
clearly
blames
the employees
for the subsequent
Corona *
outbreak
in his facility
.
According to Franke, a total of 13 residents and twelve employees tested positive for the virus on Monday evening.
He expects further positive results.
Franke justifies
his
allegations as
follows: The vaccination team employees are the only people who were
in the facility
during the period in question without a
Corona *
test result
.
But that's not all: He also
accuses the employees of
violating
the
Corona rules
.
Some of them are said to have only changed in the old people's home, and minimum distances were not observed either.
Lichtenfels / Bavaria: After Corona allegations to vaccination teams - district office rejects allegations
The
managing director cited
another indication
of his allegations
to the
BR
: The corona outbreak occurred in the entire home.
Residents who otherwise
live
very isolated
would also have contracted the virus.
The first
Corona *
symptoms
appeared
in seniors last week
.
Reliable PCR tests would not have been made until four days later.
Franke therefore accuses the
health department of
having reacted too slowly to the corona outbreak.
The
Lichtenfels
district office
has meanwhile taken a position on the case: it
clearly
knows the
allegations
back.
All affected doctors and employees would have confirmed that they wore FFP2 masks, uniforms and protective gowns during the deployment in the nursing home, according to the
BR
.
Corona outbreak in old people's home: District Office makes it clear - no misconduct by employees
Apart from that, the
risk
of virus infection with the
Corona *
vaccination is
very low.
There would only be a brief contact here, during which the vaccinating person wore protective clothing.
In addition, the vaccination team employees would check for Corona * symptoms every day.
Anyone with clear signs would be isolated and tested.
Up until the beginning of the week, the vaccination teams were on their way to
twelve
initial vaccination
facilities
.
Apart from the nursing home in Lichtenfels, the district office is not aware of any further downstream corona outbreak.
The final
conclusion of
the office: There is no logical conclusion that would allow employees to behave incorrectly.
The corona vaccinations are actually voluntary.
However, a Bavarian dentist gave his employees a choice: Either they get vaccinated - or there is no salary.
All news about the corona pandemic in Bavaria is available in our ticker.
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