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Highly contagious corona mutation: entire clinic under quarantine - patient admission stopped, employees worried

2021-01-24T06:02:09.805Z


In Berlin, an entire clinic has been cordoned off because of the corona mutant B.1.1.7. 20 cases have now been confirmed. Clinic employees provide internal insights.


In Berlin, an entire clinic has been cordoned off because of the corona mutant B.1.1.7.

20 cases have now been confirmed.

Clinic employees provide internal insights.

  • The highly contagious corona mutation B.1.1.7 * is spreading in Germany.

    Several cases were found in a clinic in Berlin.

    The staff has been quarantined.

    (see first report)

  • According to media reports, 20 cases are now known.

    An employee of the clinic is not surprised to see the mutation.

    (see update from January 23, 7:31 p.m.)

  • Security personnel guard the clinic premises.

    (see update from January 23, 9:58 p.m.)

Update from January 23, 9:58 p.m.:

The Berlin Humbold Clinic of the operator Vivantes was cordoned off due to a corona outbreak of the mutation B.1.1.7.

No new patient will be admitted, there is a ban on visits.

The hospital staff is under shuttle quarantine.

Employees are only required to move between work and home.

The clinic has hired security staff to ensure that the measures are adhered to.

The reported

Bild.de

.

“Nobody has told us how long the quarantine will last,” a clinic employee is said to have told the newspaper.

Unlike the entrances to the hospital, the restricted mobility of the hospital staff is not controlled.

"The pendulum quarantine is your own responsibility," said a spokeswoman against

Bild.de

.

After the corona mutation outbreak: Berlin clinic employees worried

Update from January 23, 7:31 p.m.:

By Saturday evening, 20 people were registered in the Berlin Humboldt Clinic who are verifiably infected with the coronavirus mutation B.1.1.7.

As

reported by

the

Tagesspiegel

, it is mainly patients who are affected.

Among the 20 people there are said to be six members of the hospital staff who are supposed to work in the internal medicine and cardiology ward.

The outbreak was identified through routine screenings.

One employee is not very surprised that the mutation appeared in the Berlin hospital.

“We knew that we had the Corona mutation in the house - and that wasn't unusual in principle.

We handle most of the corona cases in Berlin.

It was then clear that it would hit us at some point.

But

nobody expected

that the mutation

would

spread so rapidly

despite all the hygiene and safety precautions

”, the employee, who wants to remain anonymous, is

said to have

told

Focus Online

.

Above all, unnoticed spreading worries him.

“Hundreds of my colleagues have been at home with their families in the past few days, they were out and about, shopping.

It could soon turn out that not only 20, but maybe 200 or many more are infected.

That would be a catastrophe for us - and for Berlin. ”On Friday evening (January 22nd) the

Humboldt Clinic

reported

that the hospital could no longer admit patients due to an outbreak of the virus.

At first there was

talk

of

14 infected people

.

Highly contagious corona mutation: Humboldt Clinic Berlin under quarantine

First report from January 23, 3 p.m .:

Berlin - In Germany, cases of the

coronavirus mutation B.1.1.7 are increasing

.

Apparently

14 new cases have

now been

detected

among staff and patients at the

Humboldt Clinic in Berlin

.

This is reported by the

Tagesspiegel

.

The entire clinic was then quarantined.

According to the media report, experts assume that a

mid-double-digit number of employees and patients could already be infected with the virus

.

Even

members of the hospital staff

could be affected accordingly, whether they are already the first symptoms occurred.

Corona mutation in Berlin: Clinic staff in "shuttle quarantine" - patient admission stopped

The clinic staff was placed under so-called

"pendulum quarantine"

.

This means that employees are only allowed to

commute between work and home

, but not use public transport.

In addition,

patient

admission

was stopped

for the

time being

to prevent the spread of the coronavirus variant B.1.1.7.

The mutation B.1.1.7 * had appeared in the southeastern county of Kent at the end of last year and had spread rapidly.

According to British experts, the variant that has appeared in Great Britain is

30 to 70 percent easier to transmit *

and

possibly even more deadly

than the previously prevalent one.

(sk) * Merkur.de is part of the Ippen-Digital network.

List of rubric lists: © Paul Zinken / dpa / picture alliance

Source: merkur

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