Another major coronavirus outbreak has occurred in Lower Saxony. A larger number of people may have been infected in Göttingen. This entails a long chain for the responsible authorities.
Göttingen / Bremerhaven (dpa) - After dozens of people in a Pentecostal church in Bremerhaven were infected with the corona virus, another major outbreak has now become known in Lower Saxony.
According to a city spokeswoman, several people became infected with the new corona virus at some larger private celebrations. Most of those affected are members of various large families. They come from Göttingen and the surrounding area. "For data protection reasons, no further information can be given about those affected," said the spokeswoman. People probably got infected last weekend.
A final number of infected people was initially not available. "All first-degree contact persons in the city and district of Göttingen are currently being tested for the virus in order to gain an overview of the situation," said the city spokeswoman.
Tests should also be carried out on the weekend of Pentecost. The number of people to be contacted is in the three-digit range. 57 children and adolescents were among the contact persons. The relevant schools have already been informed.
The health department is monitoring the chains of infection under high pressure at the weekend, and quarantine orders are being drawn up immediately. According to information from Saturday, 100 people in the city and district of Göttingen are currently suffering from Covid-19, 17 more than on the previous day.
The "Hessische Niedersächsische Allgemeine" (HNA) reported that on Friday a person under quarantine in Göttingen was brought to the judicial office and police for a conversation with a judge because the person had violated the quarantine requirements several times and had been in the city center of Göttingen . Whether there is a connection with the new Corona outbreaks, can not be completely excluded or confirmed, according to the city.
Meanwhile, the number of infected people from the Pentecostal church continued to increase in Bremerhaven. As of 1:45 p.m., there were at least 54 confirmed cases, ten more than the previous day, a spokesman for the city said. No figures were delivered on Saturday from the neighboring district of Cuxhaven. The believers had apparently become infected during services. "The Bremerhaven crisis team is in discussion with the leadership of the religious community with the aim of prevention work," it said.
It had only become known a week ago that numerous people were infected with Sars-CoV-2 when opening a restaurant in the Leer district.