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Teacher at Staffelsee-Gymnasium infected with Corona at the start of school: fifth grade has to be in quarantine

2020-09-10T20:16:47.093Z


School has barely started and the attendance time for a fifth grade at the Staffelsee Gymnasium in Murnau is already over. There is also a precarious case in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.


School has barely started and the attendance time for a fifth grade at the Staffelsee Gymnasium in Murnau is already over.

There is also a precarious case in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.

  • You were so happy to start school in Corona times after the holidays.

  • At the

    Staffelsee-Gymnasium

    in

    Murnau

    this joy is already over.

    At least strongly muffled.

  • A

    fifth grade must be in quarantine

    .

    Not the only corona incident in the Garmisch-Partenkirchen district.

Garmisch-Partenkirchen / Murnau

- It only took three days for the ideal school world to get

a scratch

after the start on

Tuesday

.

A

corona-positive case

from the

Staffelsee-Gymnasium

in Murnau was reported

on

Thursday (September 10th)

.

A

teacher

is

infected

with the

Covid-19 pathogen

.

One class is now in isolation.

But also in child, youth and adult welfare facilities in

Garmisch-Partenkirchen

, employees and children had to be quarantined because an

educator had

tested positive.

An overview.

Staffelsee-Gymnasium Murnau: teacher infected with the corona virus

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Josef Holzmann is director in Murnau.

© Andreas Mayr

“It's ugly.” Josef Holzmann says it bluntly.

A teacher from the Staffelsee-Gymnasium is infected with the corona virus.

The director confirmed this to the daily newspaper on Thursday afternoon.

The person affected lives in

the Weilheim-Schongau district.

“We had a series test with the teachers,” says Holzmann.

The results were only available yesterday.

"We immediately reported it to the health department."

The teacher is the

class leader

in the fifth grade and had contact with the children for several hours on Tuesday and Wednesday.

The 27 students and the teacher are now in quarantine for 14 days.

There is digital distance learning for the children.

They can return to class

on

September 24th

at the earliest

,” emphasizes Stephan Scharf, spokesman for the district office.

Corona tests

are now being

prepared for

the young people

, which may be repeated in a week.

The hope is there that there were no infections, says Scharf, "because the teacher taught completely with mouth and nose protection."

The high school immediately informed the parents of the fifth graders concerned by telephone on Thursday.

In addition, a parents' letter was sent out to the entire school family.

According to Holzmann, the teacher concerned was not on vacation abroad during the summer holidays.

Scharf confirms this after consulting the health department.

"She also showed no symptoms."

KJE facilities in Garmisch-Partenkirchen: teacher tested positive after sore throat

Bad news also from two facilities of the child, youth and adult welfare (KJE): An

educator has tested positive

for the corona virus.

She was active

in a group

in the

kindergarten on Dompfaffstrasse

in

Garmisch-Partenkirchen

, as well as in the special needs day care center in Farchant.

The woman is a returnee from

Romania

.

She was apparently in a part of the country that is not classified as a risk area.

"However, she had slight symptoms," emphasizes Stephan Scharf, spokesman for the authorities.

She apparently complained of a sore throat.

She is now even being treated in the clinic.

It is also unclear to those responsible why she went to the childcare facilities for work.

On

Wednesday evening

was

positive findings

known to those in charge of KJE acted immediately and informed affected employees and parents of children so that they stay at home.

In addition to the kindergarten teacher, six other employees and ten children were sent to quarantine at home in the kindergarten, and three employees and two children are affected in the day care center in Farchant.

“They are all contact persons I, so they had direct contact with the woman,” emphasizes Scharf.

Three children and an employee of the kindergarten in Garmisch-Partenkirchen are still allowed to visit the facility because they did not come into contact with the sick person.

For the time being, operations in the two sites will continue to be closely monitored, emphasizes Andreas Wieland, Vice Chairman of the KJE.

"If there are further positive tests, we must of course consider a complete closure." All those affected are now immediately tested for the Covid-19 pathogen.

As with the high school students from Murnau, this smear must be repeated after a week.

Source: merkur

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