Again there is a corona outbreak in Göttingen: This time another high-rise is affected - all residents are now being tested. The children from the house are not allowed to go to school.
- Several Corona * infections in a building complex in downtown Göttingen
- So far, no evidence of a connection to the previous Corona eruption in the Iduna Center skyscraper
- All residents are to be tested - mandatory mask
Update from Monday, June 15, 2020, 9:37 p.m .: A second corona mass outbreak in a high-rise building is feared in Göttingen. For the second time in ten days there is a corona mass test in Göttingen . This time, after two Corona cases in a high-rise complex on Groner Landstraße, drawbacks are taken with 700 residents. However, these cases are not related to the outbreak at the Iduna Center.
Corona outbreak in Göttingen: Mobile test center built behind the high-rise
Second corona outbreak in Göttingen? A mobile test station with articulated buses from the Göttingen public transport company was set up behind the skyscraper of the affected residential complex in Göttingen. Specialists from the RKI are also on site.
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In the early hours of the morning, several dozen emergency services set up a mobile test center on the street behind the high-rise complex Groner Landstraße 9, which is formed by two articulated buses from the Göttingen public transport company (GöVB). In it, the personal details are determined and the drawbacks of two teams from the University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG) are taken.
Corona in Göttingen: specialists from the RKI on site
In between is another tent with specialists from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) . They want to use the new mass test in the university city, to which the residents are invited every 15 minutes, for a study on Corona . Waist-high barriers make it easier for participants to find their way around. Interpreters are also available for all cases.
Corona outbreak in Göttingen: Mask requirement for residents of the high-rise building
The residents of the complex also received masks at the weekend . In addition, masks are mandatory on the entire high-rise site . "We are testing everyone who comes out of the house," said city spokesman Dominik Kimyon, referring to the campaign, which is set to continue until Tuesday (June 16, 2020). All tests are expected to be evaluated on Wednesday. Then the crisis team in Göttingen can get an overview of the infection process . If not all of the residents take part, it will have to be reworked, says Kimyon.
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- HNA Göttingen (@HNA_Goettingen) June 15, 2020Corona outbreak in Göttingen: City expects a quiet course in the mass test
In order to organize the Corona mass test within two days, an enormous effort was required from many participants. The head of the crisis committee of the city of Goettingen , Petra Broistedt, believes that the action will go quietly on stage - as in the Iduna-center at Maschmühlenweg.
Meanwhile, new school closures are not planned. But children who live in the complex are not allowed in schools or daycare centers.
Corona outbreak in Göttingen: high-rise building is a social hotspot
The complex "Groner Landstrasse 9" with flatter buildings and a high-rise building is a social focal point. Most of the smaller apartments had been auctioned at prices of a few thousand euros. In 2019, Frankfurt's Coreo bought numerous apartments. The house was often in the spotlight, since 2014 there have been about a dozen firefighting operations. In January 2018, seven people were injured. The trigger had been burning garbage in the hallway.
Corona outbreak in Göttingen: Another high-rise affected - Mobile test center in use
Update from Monday, June 15th, 2020, 10:28 am: Again, two people tested positive for Covid-19 in a complex of houses in Göttingen ( Lower Saxony ) . To test all residents, the city is using a mobile Corona test center in buses for the first time .
Corona outbreak in Göttingen: Tests in the mobile test center until Tuesday
Around 700 people are reported in the high-rise complex. According to a spokesman for the city of Göttingen, all residents are to be tested on Corona by Tuesday (June 16, 2020) . Masks are mandatory on the premises of the high-rise complex in the city center of Göttingen . The masks are made available to the residents. Interpreters are also used for the tests.
The last people who tested positive are said to have been two women friends. These had been tested positive during a routine check in the hospital in Göttingen (Lower Saxony). The contact persons were also tested according to the city.
Corona outbreak in Göttingen: Children from the high-rise are not allowed in school and daycare
According to the city, no further closings of schools, such as just recently after the massive Corona outbreak in another high-rise building in Göttingen , are planned. Children and adolescents who live in the high-rise complex are not allowed to go to school or daycare until the test results are available.
Corona outbreak in Göttingen: another outbreak?
Updated on Sunday, 06.14.2020, 13:26: Again, it is in a high rise in Göttingen to a corona outbreak came. According to information from HNA *, the high-rise complex is the building at 9 Groner Landstrasse.
Corona outbreak in Göttingen: First deployment for a mobile test center
Large signs in German and Romanian hang on the front door, indicating the free but mandatory Corona tests , which are ordered by the city of Göttingen on Mondays and Tuesdays (June 15/16, 2020) from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The tests therefore take place at the rear exit on the street "Am Hasengraben". According to the city of Göttingen, a mobile test center with buses is being used for the first time, which the crisis team developed based on the latest findings.
Corona outbreak in Göttingen: infected people discovered during routine check-up in the hospital
First report from Saturday, June 13, 2020, 2:45 p.m .: Göttingen - According to the current status, two people have been infected with Corona in a complex of houses in the city center of Göttingen. As the city announced on Saturday, the corona infection was discovered in two women friends with one another during a preventive routine check-up in a clinic.
Another corona outbreak in Göttingen: In this house complex, two women tested positive for corona - now all residents are to be tested.
© Stefan Rampfel
The crisis team headed by Petra Broistedt learned of the infections on Friday. All of the first-degree contact persons named were contacted immediately, the city said. A test on Corona was organized for them.
At the end of May there was already a massive outbreak of new corona infections in the Iduna center in Göttingen. Back then, over 100 people were infected.
Corona outbreak in Göttingen: "Pandemic is not over yet"
Rolf-Georg Köhler, Mayor of Göttingen , once again addressed the population with an urgent appeal: “The pandemic is far from over. We are dealing with a situation that can appear in any city at any time. ”Every single member of society must help ensure that the Corona virus spreads as little as possible.
“It's about protecting people. The best way to achieve this is still: keep your distance. Reduce contacts to what is necessary. Pay attention to hygiene and if possible wear mouth-nose protection in public spaces, ”Köhler emphasized.
Corona outbreak in Göttingen: All residents of the building are tested
In order to keep track of the infection in the complex, the city of Göttingen has decided that all residents of the complex should be tested for corona . The tests are to be carried out on Monday and Tuesday in a mobile test center on site.
The residents will receive a letter this Saturday, which will provide them with detailed information about Corona , the tests, the location and the individual test time, the city said.
In the letter, two mouth-nose protective masks (MNS) are included. After the test, all those tested should receive another, washable MNS, which the Deutsche Theater Göttingen has made available, said crisis team leader Petra Broistedt.
In addition, all residents are ordered to wear an MNS on the premises and in the buildings outside of their own home.
Corona outbreak in Göttingen: Apparently no connection to the previous outbreak
“We know from the local youth welfare organization that there are many people in the complex who speak Romanian. This was also confirmed by the property management, with whom we are in exchange, ”said Broistedt. Therefore, the city administration of Göttingen would write all the letters in two languages. According to the current status, there is no connection between the events and the latest Corona outbreak events around Pentecost.
School closures are not planned due to the expired two-week ban on classroom instruction. However, it was ordered that children and adolescents from the complex should not go to school or daycare until the test results were available. The schools and daycare centers would also be informed of this, the city said.
By Andreas Arens, Stefan Rampfel, Bernd Schlegel and Thomas Kopietz
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After the Corona outbreak in Göttingen, a mass test was started in the Iduna center and almost 600 people were tested.
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